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Summer Squash
Cucurbita pepo | Pkt. $3.00 | approx. 30 seeds unless otherwise specified
Benning's Green Tint
52 days. Tiny, saucer shaped pale green summer squash with scalloped edges are a treat fresh from the garden. Pick when small for the best taste and tender texture. Can be roasted, sautéed, steamed, fried or baked. Productive plants yield up to 15 fruits each and keep on producing even when other squash plants have succumbed to disease. This little beauty has been a favorite since 1914 when it was released. High in vitamins C, A and folic acid. Maybe you can get kids to eat flying saucer squash.
Black Zucchini
55 days. Dark green, almost black, skinned zucchini rivals some of the hybrids for quality and production. Mild tasting fruit are at their best when small, up to 15 cm long. If they get away on you, use the larger fruit for stuffing and baking or grate and freeze it for winter baking. Zucchini are nutritious, having high levels of vitamins A and C as well as folate, potassium, manganese and fibre. The black skin of this zucchini makes it a great source of beta-carotene as well.
Costata Romanesco Zucchini
53 days. Nutty flavour and firm flesh distinguish this Italian heirloom zucchini. Fruit are prominently ribbed and ripen to a beautiful grey-green colour— so tasty you can eat them fresh or cooked. Pick fruit when 10-15 cm. long for best flavour. Plants produce an abundance of male flowers which are great for stuffing and frying. Not quite as productive as some zucchini but staggered sowings will extend the harvest.
Ronde de Nice Zucchini
52 days. Little round green and white zucchini are traditionally eaten when small and tender. Popular with home gardeners and at farmers markets—the delicate skin marks easily and can't make the trip to the grocery store shelf. Try them baked, stuffed, sautéed and on the grill. French heirloom.
Success PMR Straightneck
50 days. Prolific yellow summer squash developed by Cornell's vegetable breeding program to be resistant to powdery mildew. The plants keep producing when other varieties have succumbed to powdery mildew. Out produces many hybrid summer squash varieties. Uniform, straight necked fruits make attractive displays at market.back to top