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Seedling – Pumpkin, Howden
The standard large pumpkin. Developed by John Howden of Massachusetts in the early 1970s, it defined "the look" in big Halloween pumpkins—deep orange color, defined ribs, and good handles. Fruits vary in shape and weight, typically averaging 18-26 lb. or larger. Avg. yield: 1-2 fruits/plant. Heirloom.
Seedling – Pumpkin, New England Pie
The classic New England pie pumpkin. Dark orange-skinned pumpkins in a range of small sizes, typically 4-6 lb. Although not as sweet as squash, the well-colored, orange flesh is relatively starchy, dry, and stringless. A well-known mini Jack O'Lantern type for pies. Avg. yield: 3-4 fruits/plant.
Seedling – Winter Squash, Sunshine Kabocha
Deep scarlet and delicious. Smooth, tender flesh that is sweet, bright orange, and excellent for baking, mashing, and pies. Can be consumed right at maturity.
Seedling – Winter Squash, Waldo Butternut
A medium-sized butternut squash. Large enough for a few servings, but not so big it goes to waste. Excellent storage life.
Seedling – Winter Squash, Tiptop Acorn
A very flavorful acorn squash. Holds its black-green color very well in storage.
Seedling – Zucchini, Magda
Magda has a sweet, nutty flavor. The blocky, pale-green, tapered fruits are usually picked small, 3-4" long, for stuffing, stir-fries, and pickling. High yielding over a long season.
Seedling – Zucchini, Desert
Dark green, straight fruits have classic, sweet zucchini flavor. Open plants and short spines make for an easy harvest.
Seedling – Summer Squash, Zephyr
Distinctive, slender fruits are yellow with faint white stripes and light-green blossom ends. Harvest young at 4-6" for unusually delicious, nutty flavor and firm texture. Vigorous, high-yielding plants Edible Flowers: Blossoms bear a mild, squash-like flavor and are great stuffed and fried, or sliced for use in soups, omelets, salads, and pasta dishes. Hybrid.
Seedling – Summer Squash, Yellow Crookneck
This traditional variety is well known for its buttery flavor and firm texture. Big plants are late to begin bearing, but then yield consistently over a long picking period. Best picked small, 4-5" long. Larger fruits will have a bumpy appearance.
Seedling – Cucumber, Cool Customer (Pickling)
A rugged pickler that produces uniform yields of attractive, blocky fruits with exceptional crunch and flavor. Vigorous plants produce 4–5" fruits over a long harvest period.
Seedling – Cucumber, Marketmore
Long, slender, dark green cucumbers. The slender, refined "Marketmore look" has long been the standard for slicing cucumbers in the North. 8–9" fruits stay uniformly dark green even under weather stress. Begins bearing late, but picks for a relatively long time.
Seedling – Cucumber, Lemon
Small, rounded, pale yellow cucumbers. Pick at 1½–2½" diameter. This versatile cucumber is sweet and flavorful, and doesn't have much of the chemical that makes other cucumbers bitter and hard to digest. Though often served raw, Lemon is also a good pickling cucumber.