Organic Fordhook Summer Squash Seeds
Cucurbita pepo
USDA OrganicOut Of Stock
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Latin Name: Cucurbita pepo
Type: Open Pollinated, Heirloom, Warm Season
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Fordhook Summer Squash produces an abundance of glossy green fruit with creamy white flesh. The sturdy plants grow 12-36" tall and provide sweet squash summer-fall. Recommended preservation method is freezing.
When the colonists arrived in the New World, they discovered summer squashes such as Fordhook growing in the Native American gardens alongside their corn and beans; this "three sisters" group of plants all benefit each other. This type of squash became a crucial source of food for the American settlers. FAST FACTS
Latin Name: Cucurbita pepo
Type: Open Pollinated, Heirloom, Warm Season