Summer Squash--Black Beauty

(Description and picture is from Baker Creek, the parent seed company we support and purchase from.  All credit belongs to Baker Creek).

"The classic dark-green summer squash that has made modern zucchini of this type popular. Introduced into the U.S. markets in the 1920s, and seed companies started listing it in the 1930s. Delicious fried or baked; best picked young."