Cucurbita pepo No, it isn’t salad, but Gathering Together Farm grows, sells, and eats a lot of it—and in at least one variety, there has been a crying need for some restorative attention. Some commercial seed lots are so big that they supply “the industry” for years. If they happen to be a bit off-type or a little weak, they stick around way too long. This can drive a fellow to grow it himself. Seeds Per Packet: 80 Seeds Per Ounce: 470
Delicata Zeppelin Have any other fresh market growers had a dreaded case of “bitter poison Delicatas?” GTF’s padrone, John Eveland, had more than one market customer approach him in autumn of 2000 with terrifying accounts of throat clenching bitterness from a single bite of his perfect Delicata squash. The victims were so emphatic, the threat of legal action so palpable, that John began calling every Delicata... pricing and more
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