Slender yellow fruits with faint white stripes and light green blossom ends. Harvest young at 4–6″ for unusually delicious, nutty flavor and firm texture. Vigorous, high-yielding, spined plants. NOTE: Under certain stressful situations, such as hot weather, Zephyr fruits can show some variability in the amount of green at the blossom ends. In addition, sometimes the first fruit on a plant will be green-striped.
Edible Flowers: Blossoms bear a mild, squash-like flavor and are great stuffed and fried, or sliced for use in soups, omelets, salads, and pasta dishes.
