CATALOGUE

Squash(Cucurbita pepo)
Packet = 20 seeds

Spagetti Squash - Old fashioned favorite that my grandma always grew. Can store for long periods of time if properly cured.

$3.00

Table Queen Acorn - Said to have originated with the Arikara Indians of North Dakota and then introduced in 1913 by the Iowa Seed Company of Des Moines. The vigorous long vines produce dark green fruit with deep orange, sweet, dry flesh that stores well. Excellent for baking. An old fashioned favorite. (90 days)

$3.00

White Scallop Squash (pre-1591) - (a.k.a. Cymling, Custard Marrow, Patisson Panache) An ancient summer squash that was a traditional food crop of the northeastern tribes for centuries. In 1591, the White Scallop Squash was illustrated in the French botanist Matthias de l’Obel’s Plantarum seu Stirpium Icones. In 1648, it was called Symnel but in 1803, Thomas Jefferson wrote it as cymling. This squash was called cymling because it looked similar to a simnal cake which was a type of cake made during Lent. The squash was also known as Custard Marrow and Patisson Panache in France. Produces flat white fruit with scalloped edges that can be baked, fried or eaten raw with dips. Bush plant. (50 days)

$3.00

Worchester Pumpkin (pre-1600) - Believed to be the predecessor of the Connecticut Field Pumpkin. A nice medium sized early pumpkin. EXTREMELY RARE.

$3.95

Vegetable Marrow (1824) - First appeared in North America in Thorburn’s catalogue of 1824 and was one of the first marrow type squash grown in England. The 1908 Mckenzie Seed Catalogue from Brandon, Manitoba wrote “Excellent quality, fine grained and delicious.” This claim can still be made today. The white oblong squash are about 1ft long at maturity but are most tender at the 4” stage. At this stage they can be eaten with the skin, seeds and all; they can still be eaten when larger but will then require peeling. The flavor is very delicate and mellow; some describe it as buttery. The vegetable marrow is truly an old fashioned vegetable that is not commonly grown any more. I can remember my grandmother growing Vegetable Marrow when I was a child. Very productive and early. Bush plant. (50 days)
Marrow Fruit recipe

$3.00

Yugoslavian Finger Fruit (1884) - (a.k.a. Pineapple) James J. H Gregory first introduced this variety in 1884. According to Hedrick in The Cucurbits of New York (1935), “This was a peculiar looking variety offered by Landreth, Gregory, Burpee and others about 1884. The original seed was reputed to come from Chili.” One of the most intriguing squash, the ivory colored fruit have many distinctive “wings”. The squash can be eaten as a summer squash when young or left to mature to be an interesting conversation piece.

$3.95

Tomatillo(Physalis ixocarpa)
Packet = 30 seeds

Purple Tomatillo - A rare tomatillo that turns purple when ripe. The purple types are sweeter than green tomatillos. The small tomato like fruit are enclosed in a papery husk that is easy to remove prior to cooking. The purple fruit store very well after harvest. Used in traditional Mexican salsas. Delicious. Start indoors 4-5 weeks before transplanting out. (70 days from transplant) EXTREMELY RARE.

$3.00

Toma Verde - An earlier maturing green tomatillo that is indispensable for Mexican cooking. The large green fruit have good quality flesh and excellent keeping qualities. Highly recommended. Start indoors 4-5 weeks before transplanting out. (65 days from transplant)

$3.00

Tomatoes(Lycopersicon esculentum)
Packet = 25 seeds
Indeterminate=staking; Determinate=bush

Acadian Cherry - Dwarf plants are perfect for growing in containers and produce small red cherry tomatoes. Low quantity. (10 seeds/pkt)

$3.00

Akers West Virginia - A delicious old heirloom from West Virginia. The deep red oblate beefsteak type fruit average 10 ounces and have excellent taste, on the tangy side. Good old-fashioned flavor that is perfect for a tomato sandwich or sliced. The gorgeous fruit are usually blemish free. Indeterminate, regular leaf foliage. (90 days)

$3.00