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Squashes, like pumpkins, are good sources of carotenoids.

From Time Magazine Archive

Squashes, for their part, provide an array of vitamins; avocados, fats.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Squashes, gourds, peppers, and chupandilla plums were among the initial crops.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Squashes and onions should be kept in a very dry room.

From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Parloa, Maria

Squashes come from the South until about May, and we then have the summer squash till the last of August, when the winter squash is first used.

From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Parloa, Maria