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Got some of these seeds at the Ryton Potato Day swap. Does anyone know what I can expect of it? Flavour and longevity especially? How many fruits should I let it grow? Would you sow more of this or more Potimaron? Google will only tell me in languages I can't speak!

I am a bit conversant in some other languages - they only thing I found relating to a zapallito is a type of summer squash, often found in S. America, it seems to be round, green with a white flesh. But zapallito seems to also be a word used to refer to courgette varieties in Italy. Not sure you will be getting a pumpkin as per se with your seeds  ???
Maybe plant some other types as well, just to be on the safe side :D

I would agree with antipodes - this is a variety of courgette - so probably the best to treat the same.

It is the Italian equivalent of an eight ball summer squash.XX Jeannien

Bit like "rond di nice" then Jeannine. From growing these last summer I thought they tasted just a little bit nicer than normal courgettes.

The flesh on Ronde is a wee bit firmer than usual courgettes but I can't be sure the texture is the same on this one,I simply don't know XX Jeannine

Thanks everyone - I am going to be courgetted out again this summer - ah well ::)

I don't know whether this is good news or not. But on looking up a squash I wanted to grow this year in curcubita maxima group which are winter storage squashes, there was a reference to the zapallito group in this family - and that would make it a winter squash. There wasn't much on the varieties so didn't see reference to "di Tosca", but there were pictures showing a round squash with a greenish skin and orange flesh which looked almost like a hubbard.

Perhaps you won't be weighed down by courgettes again this year!