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SUMMER SQUASH Many of these are also used for winter too! The species is C. pepo on all squash listed here, unless otherwise noted. 20 seeds + per packet. Summer Squash are grown for immature fruits which can be harvested all summer long. Very heavy feeders, they need soil heavily amended with manure, compost, or other source of lots of nutrients. Sow in place in full sun after last frost; or start a couple weeks earlier indoors, but never let squash transplants become rootbound, and do not disturb the roots in transplanting. Seed are sown up to one inch deep. With the exception of Zucchino Rampicante, summer squash are bush-type (non-running) plants that may be grown 4-5 feet apart.
Lemon Squash Squash - Summer seeds Lemon Squash     New!
The shape, size and color of a lemon, it grows great here, has huge yields and the best resistance to insects I have seen in a summer squash. Very tasty, great fried! A favorite, this is a superb market variety and is very attractive. Our most popular summer squash!

Item Code: SSQ102  
$2.50
Tondo Scuro di Piacenza
Forget the new "Eight Ball" hybrid. There already was an heirloom version. These are rich, dark green color, round shaped and very flavorful, perfect for home or markets. Vigorous plants produce well. Italian seed.

Item Code: SSQ101  
$2.00
Bulk Quantities
1 oz - $6.00
1/4 lb - $15.00
Zucchino Rampicante (Zucca d'Albenga)
(C. moschata) The famous Italian heirloom vining zucchini and pumpkin, long, slender 15" fruit have a flat bulb at the bottom, They are one of the best eating summer squash, very tender, mild and sweet tasting. The flavor is superb! This squash is also great as winter squash. The Italians use it for stuffing in gnocchi and ravioli; the flesh is rich and flavorful, great for baking and pies! The vines produce good yields of this great all-purpose squash. The mature fruit grow very long. This one is in very high demand at specialty markets.

Item Code: SSQ103  
$2.25
Patissons Panache Jaune Et Vert Scallop
Beautiful scalloped fruit are a lovely creamy-yellow with contrasting deep green radial streaks. Small fruit may not show streaking and it can be variable. Stunning displayed with our other scallops! The flavor is delicious as a summer squash or is great baked in the fall. We are happy to offer this French heirloom again this year.

Item Code: SSQ105  
$2.50
Patissons Panache Blanc Et Vert Scallop
The stunning pure white scallop with deep green radial streaks. Small fruit may not show streaking and it can be variable. Its delicious flesh is great fried or baked. A real treat for both taste and visual appeal, a pre-1885 French heirloom.

Item Code: SSQ106  
$2.50
White Scallop Squash - Summer seeds White Scallop
50 days. A very ancient native American heirloom squash, grown by the Northern Indians for hundreds of years, this type was depicted by Europeans back to 1591, and one of the best tasting and yielding varieties still around today! Great fried and baked. Flat fruit with scalloped edges, beautiful!

Item Code: SSQ107  
$1.50
Bulk Quantities
1/4 lb. - $6.75
Yellow Scallop Squash - Summer seeds Yellow Scallop
(Golden Custard) Beautiful bright yellow fruit with a rich, mellow flavor. Likely predates Columbian times, a rare native American squash. Bush plants with good yields.

Item Code: SSQ108  
$2.00
Bulk Quantities
1/4 lb. - $8.75
1 lb. - $19.00
Bennings Green Tint Scallop
50 days. Colorful light green scalloped shaped fruit, tender and good quality, excellent yields, easy to grow. We have grown this variety for many years, an old favorite. Good color for market.

Item Code: SSQ109  
$2.00
Bulk Quantities
1/4 lb. - $7.00
Striata d'Italia
50 days. Medium-long zucchini fruit, somewhat thicker at the blossom end, light ribbing, 8-9" long. The skin is striped in light & dark green. Superb flavor and texture, this variety is popular in Italy for its flavor & early yield.

Item Code: SSQ110  
$2.00
Ronde de Nice
50 days. The delicious, Italian heirloom round green zucchini, the fruit are very tender and fine flavored, an ideal squash for stuffing, A popular variety for home gardens and specialty growers. Vigorous, quick-growing plants.

Item Code: SSQ111  
$2.00
Lebanese White Bush Marrow
Cream, oblong fruits, tasty and mild, good fried or baked, harvest when 7" long. Rare Lebanese variety. Early 50 days.

Item Code: SSQ112  
$1.50
Green Bush Vegetable Marrow
Green zucchini-type fruit are excellent for frying, stuffing, and baking; tasty flesh; bush plants. Very popular with the English.

Item Code: SSQ124  
$1.50
Mogango Liso
Here is a round, green zucchini squash that comes to us from Brazil, where it is popular with home gardeners. Fruits are great fried or stuffed.

Item Code: SSQ125  
$1.50
Zucchini Gray
49 days. Great tasting, high quality gray Zucchini squash. Yields are very good; flesh is firm, mild and very tasty. We have been getting favorable reports back from customers about this squash. A real favorite.

Item Code: SSQ114  
$1.50
Bulk Quantities
1/4 lb. - $6.50
Early Prolific Straightneck Squash - Summer seeds Early Prolific Straightneck
45 days. AAS Winner from 1938, uniform lemon yellow, club-shaped fruit, firm flesh is of excellent quality, tasty.

Item Code: SSQ115  
$1.50
Bulk Quantities
1/4 lb. - $6.50
Crookneck - Early Golden Summer
50 days. An old favorite heirloom, this is one of the oldest types of squash dating back to pre-Columbus times and has been popular ever since. Easy to grow and good tasting.

Item Code: SSQ116  
$1.50
Bulk Quantities
1/4 lb. - $7.50
Zucchini - Nimba Squash - Summer seeds Zucchini - Nimba
This early and hardy Zucchini comes from Poland, nice medium green color. Great for cool, short season areas and anyone who wants early squash. Tasty fried. Great yields.

Item Code: SSQ117 Out of Stock
Zucchini - Golden Squash - Summer seeds Zucchini - Golden
Slender fruit are bright golden-yellow, they are as delicious as they are attractive, bush plants.

Item Code: SSQ118  
$1.50
Bulk Quantities
1/4 lb. - $11.00
Zucchini - Lungo Bianco
A popular variety from Italy, the light-green-cream fruit are mild and sweet, Beautiful in a zucchini mix. Productive bush plants. Pure imported Italian seed.

Item Code: SSQ119  
$1.50
Zucchini - Black Beauty
50 days. The classic dark-green summer squash that has made modern zucchini of this type popular. Introduced in the U.S. markets in the 1920's and seed companies started listing it in the 1930's. Delicious fried or baked, best picked young.

Item Code: SSQ120  
$1.35
Bulk Quantities
1/4 lb. - $7.00
Cocozella di Napoli
55 days. Long, slender fruit, ribbed, pale greenish-yellow, striped with dark green, very firm and flavorful flesh, a unique Italian heirloom, tasty.

Item Code: SSQ121  
$1.50
Odessa
The vining plants produce delicious white zucchini-type fruit, they are very tasty fried. They come from the fertile valleys near Odessa in the Ukraine, the area my great-grandfather farmed many years ago. Rare.

Item Code: SSQ123 Out of Stock
Costata Romanesco Squash - Summer seeds Costata Romanesco
52 days. Famous, ribbed zucchini from Rome, Italy. The distinctive, long fruit are flutted with medium, green-striped skin. The cut slices are scalloped. When small, they are popular fried whole with the flower still on. Rich and very flavorful. A perfect, gourmet variety for the market grower.

Item Code: SSQ122  
$2.00
Tatume     New!
A must in Mexican cuisine, and also popular in certain parts of Texas. This old heirloom is picked small and used like zucchini, but these are so much better than standard supermarket zucchini! Round to slightly elongated, flavorful fruit are green in color; vigorous vining plants are fairly resistant to disease.

Item Code: SSQ127  
$2.25