Gold Nugget

Our earliest variety is Gold Nugget (AAS 1966), an orange-fleshed squash with softball sized fruit from North Dakota State University (NDSU). It is a bush squash, producing 5 or 6 fruits per plant. The fruit should keep 3 to 4 months, however, we have had fruits keep for up to a year (the ones cut open in the photo).

Buttercup

Our favourite squash is Buttercup (NDSU, 1932), the dark green squash with the bump on the bottom. The flesh is thick, dry and sweet.

Black Forest

Black Forest is a newer squash that looks similar to Buttercup but it is smaller with a smaller bump on the bottom, and has very dry flesh.

Blue Ballet

Blue Ballet is a medium sized grey green hubbard squash with fine textured sweet flesh.

Red Kuri (Hokkaido)

Red Kuri (Hokkaido) is a beautiful orange-red, teardrop-shaped hubbard squash from Japan. May be a bit of crossing in this variety.

Mandan

Mandan has large orange fruits with sweet dry flesh and plump tasty seeds.

Rouge vif d’Etampes

Rouge vif d’Etampes is the European pumpkin. Cinderella’s coach was one of these large red-orange ribbed flattened fruits. In Europe, pumpkins are used to make cream soup.

Costata Romanesco

Costata Romanesco is a traditional Italian zucchini variety. The prominently ribbed striped grey green fruits have very good flavour. They are usually picked when immature to use raw in salads, or in stir fries. The large mature fruits are great for grating (and then even freezing this way) and using in baking.

Caserta

Caserta zucchini was bred at U of Connecticut in 1949. Early and prolific, smooth fruits, light green with dark green stripes and it is a selection from the Italian zucchini Cocozelle.

Round Zucchini

Round Zucchini has bush plants and produces round fruits which are best harvested when about tennis ball size.

Yellow Crookneck

Yellow Crookneck (C) is a summer squash dating back to the early 1800’s. The bushy plants produce curved fruits with a bulbous blossom end. The light yellow fruits are smooth when young, warted when mature.

Vegetable Spaghetti

Vegetable Spaghetti (C) is about as early as Gold Nugget. The flesh is yellow and sweet, and comes out in strings. Boil or bake, remove the flesh and serve with spaghetti sauce.

Acorn

Acorn produces large numbers of small to medium, dark-green ribbed fruits on long vines. Flesh is yellow, sweet and best if eaten within three months of harvest.

Sugar Pumpkin

The standard pie pumpkin is Sugar Pumpkin (1860). The fruits are round and bright orange, and most are in the 4-5 pound range. The roasted seeds make good snack food.

Young’s Beauty

Young’s Beauty is a pumpkin very similar to Sugar Pumpkin but many fruits weigh 10-12 lbs.

Naked-Seeded Pumpkin

Naked-Seeded Pumpkin has 8-12 lb. well-shaped yellow-green fruits with strong stems. The large dark green seeds are completely hulless.

OUT OF STOCK FOR 2017

Our Naked Seeded Pumpkin is no longer pure so unfortunately some of the plants from this years crop had hulled seeds.