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We carry a wide selection of beautiful, tasty and healthy squash, including the following:
Squash selection subject to crop availability. Please call for current selection!
BUTTERNUT
Date of Introduction: 1976
Best Use: table vegetable (excellent for eating)
Rind Color: toned-down burnt sienna
Flesh Color: medium golden
Size: long neck with a bulb at end
FAIRYTALE
Date of Introduction: 1899
Best Use: decorative, table vegetable
Rind Color: dense burnt sienna (green/gold before maturing) 100
Flesh Color: intense cadmium orange
Size: Cinderella shaped but larger decorative pumpkin
JARRAHDALE
Date of Introduction: listed in 1991 by Bountiful Gardens, Willits, CA. Originated in Australia
Best Use: table vegetable, slightly sweet
Rind Color: toned-down vermilion
Flesh Color: brilliant orange, thick
Size: average 6 pounds. Medium to large drum shaped fruit with heavy rounded ribs
LAKOTA
Best Use: table vegetable (edible) good eating, decorative
Rind Color: green with orange variegation
LONG ISLAND CHEESE
Date of Introduction: 1807
Best Use: decorative, can be eaten also
Rind Color: light burnt sienna
Flesh Color: dense raw sienna
Size: medium large, flattened, medium ribbed. Suggesting a wheel of cheese
RED WARTY
Best Use: Good for unique new decoration
Rind Color: Bright orange/red with warts
Flesh Color:
Size: Large Hubbard type. 20-25 lbs. 12-14” diameter
Rouge Vif d’Etampes
a.k.a. CINDERELLA
Date of Introduction: 1833; W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, PA. Originated in France
Best Use: decorative, make wonderful autumn displays
Rind Color: Bright Orange
Flesh Color: dense brilliant orange
Size: 10-30 pounds, slightly flattened, heavily ribbed
SPAGHETTI
Best Use: table vegetable – spaghetti-like strands of flesh. Scoop it out or boil it in the shell. Enjoy
with spaghetti sauce.
Rind Color: yellow
Flesh Color: pale yellow
Size: oblong fruit, 8-10”
SWEET MEAT
Best Use: table vegetable, consumers appreciate the smooth, fine texture
Rind Color: slate gray skin
Flesh Color: golden yellow
Size: round & quite flattened with a hard skin
TURK’S TURBAN
Date of Introduction: predates 1820s
Best Use: table vegetable (edible), decorative
Rind Color: dense permanent orange
Flesh Color: brilliant light orange streaked with wet and thin olive green
Size: variable in size, shape & color
Squash selection subject to crop availability. Please call for current selection!
BUTTERNUT
Date of Introduction: 1976
Best Use: table vegetable (excellent for eating)
Rind Color: toned-down burnt sienna
Flesh Color: medium golden
Size: long neck with a bulb at end
FAIRYTALE
Date of Introduction: 1899
Best Use: decorative, table vegetable
Rind Color: dense burnt sienna (green/gold before maturing) 100
Flesh Color: intense cadmium orange
Size: Cinderella shaped but larger decorative pumpkin
JARRAHDALE
Date of Introduction: listed in 1991 by Bountiful Gardens, Willits, CA. Originated in Australia
Best Use: table vegetable, slightly sweet
Rind Color: toned-down vermilion
Flesh Color: brilliant orange, thick
Size: average 6 pounds. Medium to large drum shaped fruit with heavy rounded ribs
LAKOTA
Best Use: table vegetable (edible) good eating, decorative
Rind Color: green with orange variegation
LONG ISLAND CHEESE
Date of Introduction: 1807
Best Use: decorative, can be eaten also
Rind Color: light burnt sienna
Flesh Color: dense raw sienna
Size: medium large, flattened, medium ribbed. Suggesting a wheel of cheese
RED WARTY
Best Use: Good for unique new decoration
Rind Color: Bright orange/red with warts
Flesh Color:
Size: Large Hubbard type. 20-25 lbs. 12-14” diameter
Rouge Vif d’Etampes
a.k.a. CINDERELLA
Date of Introduction: 1833; W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, PA. Originated in France
Best Use: decorative, make wonderful autumn displays
Rind Color: Bright Orange
Flesh Color: dense brilliant orange
Size: 10-30 pounds, slightly flattened, heavily ribbed
SPAGHETTI
Best Use: table vegetable – spaghetti-like strands of flesh. Scoop it out or boil it in the shell. Enjoy
with spaghetti sauce.
Rind Color: yellow
Flesh Color: pale yellow
Size: oblong fruit, 8-10”
SWEET MEAT
Best Use: table vegetable, consumers appreciate the smooth, fine texture
Rind Color: slate gray skin
Flesh Color: golden yellow
Size: round & quite flattened with a hard skin
TURK’S TURBAN
Date of Introduction: predates 1820s
Best Use: table vegetable (edible), decorative
Rind Color: dense permanent orange
Flesh Color: brilliant light orange streaked with wet and thin olive green
Size: variable in size, shape & color
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