Doran Round Squash Seeds, Small Round Butternut Type

Doran Round Squash is what happens when a butternut decides it would rather be a pie pumpkin. Small, round, tan, and squat, with golden orange flesh and a sweet flavor that keeps improving the longer it sits on the shelf. The variety comes from the Netherlands, passed along by a plant breeder and seed saver, and it has quietly earned a following with market growers who want a single-dinner winter squash that stores like a champion.

Why this squash

• Vine borer resistant: a true Cucurbita moschata, with the dense, solid stems squash vine borers rarely get through
• Right-sized fruit: 2 to 4 pounds, round to slightly lobed, so one squash feeds a family dinner with nothing left to babysit
• Golden orange, sweet flesh: pie pumpkin looks with butternut-grade eating quality, and the sweetness builds in storage
• Long keeper: cured fruit stores for months in a cool, dry spot, and growers report well over a year in a dry room
• Open-pollinated: save seed from your best fruit and it grows true next year

About 100 days to maturity. If frost is closing in, fruit can be picked a little early and cured indoors, which makes this a forgiving choice for a late Kansas planting.

New to this variety? Read our complete Doran Round growing guide for Zone 6b planting dates, spacing, curing, and harvest.

✅ Germination Promise: if your seeds fail to germinate under proper growing conditions, contact us within one year and we will replace them or refund you.

Grows well with

Pair it with our other vine borer resistant moschata varieties: Waltham Butternut for the classic long-necked cousin, Long Island Cheese for the pie chapter, or Seminole Pumpkin for the toughest vine in the patch. Browse the full Vine Borer Resistant collection.