Sundream Cucurbita Maxima (90 days) Good ideas have to start somewhere…this project started as a taste bud love affair with the excellent variety Sunshine (F1), a delicious orange skinned squash developed by Rob Johnston.  With the dream of culturing this strain into an open pollinated variety, we offer this stabilized (F6) open pollinated strain.  We love the flavor of this productive and tasty squash.  This heirloom of tomorrow in the making is a Siskiyou Seeds farm original bred by Don Tipping An interesting agronomic note on this variety and other cucurbit seeds that we grow here at Siskiyou Seeds is that we have not used floating row covers to protect young plants from cucumber beetle damage (which is standard practice on nearly all small farms in our area). Our aim is to breed for and select for plants that are naturally resistant to cucumber beetles and a decade into doing this it seems to be working!  Open Seed Source Initiative pledged & Siskiyou Select Original Packet (5 g ≈ 30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Tromboncino Curcubita moschata (60 days summer squash/ 90 days winter squash) This is a highly unique classic Italian heirloom squash that can be harvested young as a rich, full-flavored summer squash which is much preferred to traditional zucchini by many Italians who call it "zucchini rampicante". Harvested at 8-12" long, it is delicious roasted, grilled, grated raw into salads or stuffed in ravioli. It can also be left to mature as a long keeping winter squash. Related to Butternut squash, Tromboncino has vigorous growing vines that give rise to elongated serpentine fruits that can grow up to 3 feet long. Can be stored and eaten like a winter squash, however its texture is somewhat stringy like a spaghetti squash and not as sweet and even as a Butternut. A real treat to grow and marvel at! Packet: 3 g (~30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Uncle David’s Dakota Dessert   Cucurbita Maxima (95-105 days)  Uncle David's Dakota Dessert offers deep orange color, thick flesh, rich and sweet flavor, smooth texture, plant vigor and cold-hardiness.  Bred by FFSC farmer David Podoll, it produces solid yields across extreme fluctuations of climate.  It's a favorite for main dishes, pies and other desserts.  Packet (6 g ≈ 30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Wonder Berry – SunBerry Solanum Burbankii   Developed by plant genius Luther Burbank this is an interesting tomato relative. 3' plants yield dozens of clusters of dark, 1/4" berries, and each cluster holds 8-12 fruits. Unique, huckleberry-like flavor makes for intriguing dessert fillings, jellies, syrups, etc. Grown in the usual tomato fashion can be challenging to germinate - the tiny seeds need to keep moist for a much longer period. Start seeds 6-8 weeks before transplanting outside after the last frost. Space plants 30" apart.  Packet (2/5 g) ...

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Zucchini, Compost Creature Mix (75 days) Cucurbita pepo In the 2023 growing season we conducted a variety trial of 24 different summer squash varieties that included traditional green and striped zucchini as we as golden zucchini, yellow crooknecks, patty pans in a variety of hues as well as an interesting round strain.  We included both open pollinated heirlooms such as the beloved Costata Romanesco known for its nutty flavor as well as many commercial hybrids with high degrees of uniformity and earliness.  Compost Creature is a gene pool of all of these summer squashes that were allowed to freely cross pollinate amongst themselves. They will all produce good tender edible squash that can be harvested at the immature stage, plus they will exhibit a wide range of unique phenotypes (variants). The name comes from the experience all gardeners have of some mystery squash growing from the compost pile, often with questionable edibility. Summer squash are all in the genus Cucurbita and the species “pepo” which also includes the winter squash varieties Delicata, Acorn, spaghetti squash, pumpkins, and the small hard ornamental gourds. So the squash that grows on its own accord from the compost pile is typically a cross from these diverse types. Our compost Creature Mix is a narrower gene pool and could be the starting point for your own new squash types such as a striped green crookneck, or hope about a striped patty pan or any other myriad of combinations.  Packet (2 g ≈ 60 seeds) ...

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Zucchini, Costata Romanesco (55 days)  Delicious Italian heirloom summer squash produces pale green fruits with distinct ribs. Although it yields lower than hybrid varieties, its flavor is far superior - creamy, nutty and with great texture. Exceptionally large blossoms lend themselves to frying well.  SS3: Packet (2 g ≈ 30 seeds) Ounce (≈250 seeds) ...

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Zucchini, Dark Star (50 days) A new open pollinated zucchini developed by Eel River, California organic grower, Bill Reynolds.  It has been bred as an OP market gardener workhorse alternative to hybrids.  Spineless stalks prevent damage to fruits while harvesting.  Long harvest window is a good trait for farmer and gardener alike.  Remarkably vigorous.  It was selected under dry farmed conditions In N. California  Dark Star was included in variety trials with the Dry Farming Collaborative 2016 – 2018, with an average yield of 15 lbs per plant at a planting density of 24 sq ft per plant, on 9 sites in Western Oregon. ERP *If you have issues with Squash Vine Borers you may want to try growing Tromboncino as a summer squash as they are a different species (Cucurbita mochata) Packet (2 g ≈ 30 seeds)                  1 oz  1/4 lb...

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Zucchini, Golden Cucurbita pepo (60 days) Golden Zucchini was introduced in 1973 by the W. Atlee Burpee seed company.  It is a compact bush type plant that is perfect for those with limited space in their gardens. It is a prolific producer of dazzling gold zucchinis that can grow over 10", but are tastiest when eaten at this size or smaller.  Frequent harvesting of small fruits encourages more fruit to grow.  HEIRLOOM. *If you have issues with Squash Vine Borers you may want to try growing Tromboncino as a summer squash as they are a different species (Cucurbita mochata) Packet (2 g ≈ 30 seeds) Oz ...

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