Winter Vegetables

Fruit stores for a long time. The sweet orange flesh has few seeds and is delicious in soups or baked and served in slices. (Seed Variable); 2-8 lbs./acre.; 7-10 days, 72°F. The fruit has green skin with grey streaks.

Excellent baked, steamed or microwaved, and stores well. Tan-skinned fruits are 8” long, blocky and have a small bulbous seed cavity. (Seed Variable); 2-8 lbs./acre.; 7-10 days, 72°F.

(12-15 lbs.) Blue Hubbard winter squash is a New England favorite. The flesh is a rich yellow-orange color, thick, sweet and flavorful. Fruits are 12” x 17” and have a light gray-blue rind that is hard and thickly warted.

(7-12 lbs.) Marina di Chioggia is an exceptional heirloom squash that is so delicious it may replace all your other winter squash and pumpkins. It has lumpy, bumpy slate blue skin and deep orange-yellow flesh.

Fertile, well-drained soil gives best results. Squash are rich in the carotenoids necessary for vitamin A production and boast a wide complement of amino acids. In the diverse family of squash are true nutritional powerhouses, encompassing a wide array...

Squash is a warm season crop, avoid planting too early; raised beds and plastic mulch help keep roots warm. While starchy, most of the carbohydrates in the fruit come from special polysaccharides, pectins, which have exhibited strong antioxidant, anti-inflammatory,...

Fertile, well-drained soil gives best results. IR indicates intermediate resistance. Squash are monoecious (bearing separate male and female flowers on the same plant) and require insect pollination.

Great for pies and baking. Cut it open to find a pale yellow flesh bursting with flavor. The Cushaw Green Striped squash has a long curved neck, 10×17″ in size and a white and green rind.

Deep orange flesh that is sweet and great for cooking. Sweet Meat is a a delicious heirloom from the state of Oregon. Produces fruits that are large and flattened in shape. Skin color is beautiful deep sea blue-green.

Sweat Dumpling is a small, 4″ diameter, teacup-shaped fruits that grow up to 1 lb. Skin is an ivory with dark green stripes. Very sweet, deep orange flesh that is excellent for stuffing.

Japanese Minowase is a Daikon radish that is sweet and mild. The roots grow up to 10” long and store well. 2,000 seeds/oz.; 10-12 lbs./acre. Plant from late summer through fall. It is white inside and out with a long, slender shape.

(2-3 lbs.) Pinata PMT F1 Hybrid is a new standard in delicata squash. Ivory cream skin with dark grey stripes. Has a rich sweet potato-like flavor on short vines. Start early indoors in pots and transplant after last spring frost.

When cooked, the squash flesh separates and looks like strands of spaghetti. Poke a hole in each end of the squash, boil the whole thing up, separate the strands, and sauce it. Sweet, crunchy, and mild.

Fertile, well-drained soil gives best results. Squash are rich in the carotenoids necessary for vitamin A production and boast a wide complement of amino acids. In the diverse family of squash are true nutritional powerhouses, encompassing a wide array...

In the diverse family of squash are true nutritional powerhouses, encompassing a wide array of forms, flavors, colorations, and culinary applications. Work in shovelful of compost and 1/2 cup TSC's Complete fertilizer into hill.

Vigorous 10 foot vines produce 4-5 squash, each weighing 15-20 pounds. Plant after frost danger when soil warms to 65°F. Leave on vine until fully mature, rinds should be firm. The skin is a blue-gray, and the flesh is golden and more moist than Sweet...

Squash is a warm season crop, avoid planting too early; raised beds and plastic mulch help keep roots warm. While starchy, most of the carbohydrates in the fruit come from special polysaccharides, pectins, which have exhibited strong antioxidant, anti-inflammatory,...

(1-2 lbs.) Buffy F1 Hybrid is a mini winter squash with long lasting shelf life of 6-8 months if not longer. Nice white to beige coloring and the interior is creamy white. Ornamental or edible usage is perfect for this pint size squash.

Outstanding yields of uniform fruit and a vigorous vine. (4-5 lbs.) Early Nutter F1 Hybrid Butternut Squash exhibits a thick neck with a slight bell shape. This early butternut features attractive, rich orange flesh that is sweet and delicious.

(5-8 lbs.) Silver Edged winter squash is a round to pear-shaped squash that is adorned with green and white stripes. This squash is best known for its silver-edged seeds. If you don't want to wait for the mature seeds, eat the immature fruit like zucchini.

(5 lbs.) Turks Turban is a large Aladdin type squash. 8-12” in diameter and weighs 5 lbs. Decorative and also delicious when cooked. (Seed Variable); 2-8 lbs./acre.; 7-10 days, 72°F.

No harvest feast is complete without a steaming bowl of mashed butternut squash. We season it with a touch of nutmeg — an old New England trick. Butternut squash has a lush, sweet flavor that goes naturally with roasts and game.

You can't beat acorns for stuffing and baking. Oven heat brings out an intensely rich sweetness. The acorn's ridged skin covers flesh that has a distinct hazelnut flavor. Since then, it's been a fixture of harvest displays, roadside vegetable stands,...

The kabocha is also known as "Japanese pumpkin." Its flavor is an intriguing balance of pumpkin and sweet potato and has smooth, sweet flesh. Try splitting a kabocha, scooping out the seeds, and filling the cavity with a mildly seasoned mix of shiitake...

Butternut squash has a lush, sweet flavor that goes naturally with roasts and game. No harvest feast is complete without a steaming bowl of mashed butternut squash. We season it with a touch of nutmeg — an old New England trick.

A delicious Japanese heirloom. Tender flesh, 5 lbs., great baked or roasted. Large orange ribbed rind, with flesh that is thick, juicy and spicy.

2,000 seeds/oz.; 10-12 lbs./acre. Plant from late summer through fall. Black Spanish Round radish has black skin and crisp white flesh with a nutty flavor. Harvest these spicy radishes from 2-5” in diameter.