Cocozelle  – 55 days. The classic ‘Italian Heirloom’ striped summer squash with unique dark & light stripes available since 1885. Large bush plants are non-vining & grow in an upright open habit reaching 18-24” tall & 18- 20” width. Full of flavour, tender & thus great for cooking, freezing & cannng.  

Mutabile Zucchini – 50 days. Cylindrical deep green fruits are easy to pick due to the plant structure & almost total lack of thorns. The open, vase shaped plants yield consistently as the powdery mildew resistant plants stay healthy much longer.  Excellent OP variety!

Candystick Dessert Delicata  – 98 days. Larger & sweeter than other delicatas, the 2-3 lb. fruits have distinctive orange-tan skin with green stripes. Plants produce variable lengths of ‘Honey Boat’ type fruit with small seed cavity which is ideal for stuffing. Good keeper.

Sweet REBA Acorn  – 90 days. REBA stands for Resistant Early Bush Acorn. One of the sweetest acorns, flesh dry and substantial. Despite compact bush habit, heavy yields of 1–1½ lb fruit…25 squash from four plants.

Thelma Sanders Sweet Potato Acorn – 85-90 days. A great family heirloom from Thelma Sanders in Missouri. Acorn-type 7” long fruit with cream-coloured skin that ripens to light gold. Perfect 2-serving size! Golden yellow flesh is thick & creamy with rich chestnut taste. Enormously productive & good keeper.

Bitterroot Buttercup – 95 days. Bred for short season production in Montana, so very prolific even in cool short seasons. Like Kabocha, it is rich & flakey. Expect 5-6 dark green 3-4 lb. squash with blocky squared off shoulders & a lighter grey button on the blossom end. Outstanding flavour for roasting, soups, & gnocchi. 

Blue Kuri Hubbard– 90 days. Round, slightly flattened fruits with blue-grey skin & dense dry orange flesh. Sweet rich flavour that is even better after a month or two in storage. Small to medium size fruit weighing 2-3 lb. will serve 2 people. Early to ripen with long storage.

North Georgia Candy Roaster – 100 days. Early 1900’s Appalachian Thanksgiving feasts always included “candy roaster pie”, which is now a rare heirloom variety. Beautiful big banana-shaped fruits are up to 18” long & 6” wide, pink with blue tips. Smooth delicious orange flesh.  Our farm favourite!

Burpee’s Butterbush – 75 days. Super early maturing dwarf-vined butternut with extremely tasty 2-3 lb fruits with small seed cavities & deep reddish-orange flesh. Superior sweet nutty flavour, “as sweet as sweet potatoes”, & moist but not watery. Space-saver in the garden, growing about 4’ wide & producing 4-5 ripe fruits per plant, even in cold summers. Short season grower & great keeper.

Pennsylvania Dutch Crookneck – 105-110 days. Wonderful heirloom from 19^th C & still a staple in many Amish gardens. Large squash resembles a butternut with a curved elongated thick neck which is very sweet solid flesh & the seeds are in the bulbous end. Also known as ‘neck pumpkin’. Very prolific, producing lots of  10-20 lb. fruit per plant. Good keeper. Disease & pest resistant.

Waltham Butternut – 95 days. Introduced in 1970. Heavy reliable producer of 9-10” long buff coloured fruit, weighing 4–5 lb with great flavour & a good keeper. Dark orange dry flesh has a sweet nutty flavour. Excellent keeper.  20 seeds per packet.

White’s Butterbush – 90 days. This excellent variety is being preserved by Seeds of Diversity with small farms trialling this variety in their regions. This long thin butternut varies in size but has a distinctive long neck with a small seed cavity. Very prolific & stores well.