Desert King  Citrullus lanatus (90-100 days) This variety produces 20-30 pound fruits with a light green rind that resists sunburn and performs well in drought and heat as its name implies. Flesh is yellow orange with a tangy sweetness with large tan and black seeds.  A dependable producer. Packet (2 g ≈ 70 seeds) ...

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Moon & Stars Citrullus lanatus (80 days)  Take a bite out of this galaxy of taste. Moon and Stars is named for the yellow dots, ‘stars’, and 1-2” ‘moons that are speckled over the dark green skin. The flesh is deep red with large tan seeds that are the perfect ammo for seed spitting. Not as sweet as Crimson Sweet, but very pleasant and refreshing nonetheless, with fine texture and depth.  Can grow up to 40 pounds!  Packet (2 g ≈ 70 seeds) One Ounce (≈ 650 seeds) ...

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Moon & Stars Gold Citrullus vulgaris (95-95 days)  Rare, this is the yellow-meated strain of this fine heirloom; these are very delicious and have beautiful, yellow-orange meat that is very sweet. The large fruit can grow to 40 lbs, and they have large, yellow "moons and stars" covering their nearly black rinds. A favorite variety by many. Draws rave reviews! A great variety for farmers' markets. Pictured inside back cover. Packet (1 1/2 g ≈ 70 seeds)...

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Sweet Dakota Rose  Citrullus lanatus (80-90 days)   Sweet Dakota Rose has become known as one of the best tasting, most reliable open pollinated watermelon varieties.  It features great flavor, few seeds and sunburn resistance.  It produces 8-15 lb fruits.  Bred by the Podoll’s of Prairie Road Organic Seed of North Dakota. Packet (2 g ≈ 70)...

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Baby Butternut, Burpee’s Butterbush   Curcurbita moschata (75 days)  Excellent early-maturing butternut, with compact vines (3-4 ft).  Flesh is deep reddish-orange, moist and deliciously sweet.  Long keeper.  Yields 1.5 - 4 lb fruits, averaging 4 fruits per plant.  Selection for uniformity is ongoing with this old strain so their may still be some elongated types that we hope to rogue out in future generations of growing seed.  Packet (2 g ~ 40 seeds) Ounce ...

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Winter Squash, Butternut clan mix (110 days) This is a diverse mix of butternut type squash that range from Tromboncino types to regular Butternut shapes.  All have good storage qualities and excellent culinary value as cooking and baking squash.  Cucurbita moschata type squash benefit from a 2 week period of post harvest curing that we typically do in a warm greenhouse environment.  SSF WS28: - 3 g (~30 seeds) ...

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Winter Squash, Butternut, Waltham   Cucurbita moschata (110 days)  Solid 9” fruits weigh in at 4-6 pounds and have a very small seed cavity, brilliant orange flesh and a tan skin. Flavor is sweet, smooth and slightly nutty. Excellent for pie. Requires supplemental curing in a greenhouse or warm house post harvest to properly color up and cure. Univ. of Mass. 1956 introduction. Packet (3 g ~ 40 seeds) ounce...

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Delicata, Zeppelin  Cucurbita pepo (100 days)  A much loved 1894 heirloom winter squash that is just the right size for a side dish with dinner. The fruits are 7-10” long, weigh about a pound and possess flesh that is finer-textured, sweeter, and significantly longer keeping than other strains. Packet (2.5 g ≈ 40 seeds) ...

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Lower Salmon River Cucurbita maxima (90 days) This PNW heirloom from Idaho has a thick, mottled, salmon-colored rind. Deep orange and sweet flesh make this squash great for pies, soups, or as a side. Grows from 3 to 10 lbs. Harvest before fall rains. Great for storage. A regular taste test winner! SSF Packet( 6g ~ 30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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North Georgia Candy Roaster Cucurbita maxima (95 days) Local to present day North Carolina, the Candy Roaster Squash is known for its sweet, unique flavor, which is the reasoning behind its name. The Cherokee tribes in the southern Appalachians originally cherished this squash for its long shelf life. Despite its odd appearance, many more people have come to treasure it for its unique taste. When fully ripe and stored for several months, it will reach its full flavor potential. A favorite in pies, soups, butters and breads, recipes that utilize this squash do not call for any additional sugar or sweetener, such that many have compared it to a sweet potato   This delicious, unique hubbard-type winter squash was a stand-out open-pollinated variety in terms of dry farmed yield and storability in a dry farmed winter squash variety trial conducted by Alex Stone and Jennifer Wetzel of the Oregon State University Horticulture Department, and is also a top-yielder in Dry Farming Collaborative variety trials. SRF Packet: 5 g (~30 seeds) 1 oz ...

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Stella Blue   Cucurbita maxima (100 days) A hokaiddo kabocha type squash with deep orange, flakey sweet flesh. Developed by Bill Reynolds, this variety is an improved baby blue hubbard type, suitable for family dinners. Slate gray skin conceals thick, orange flesh that is smooth, sweet and delicious. Try cutting one in half and filling with rice, onion, garlic, tomatoes and the like and baking it! Selected under dry farmed conditions in Northern CA. Stella Blue was included in variety trials with the Dry Farming Collaborative 2016 – 2018, and yielded an average of 23 lbs per plant, with an average planting density of 34 sqft per plant, on 7 sites in Western Oregon.   Packet (5 g about 20 seeds)  One Ounce (about 130 seeds) ...

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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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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, 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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