(Acorn Squash, Festival Acorn Squash)

This jolly, acorn-type winter squash is both beautiful and delicious. Its tough skin is brightly mottled with cream, orange and dark green, and surrounds dense, smooth, super sweet flesh with a very small seed cavity. Perfect for baking, cooking and fall display, the fruits are ready for harvest approximately 80 to 90 days from sowing.

Like many winter squash cultivars, ‘Festival’ is a member of the New World species Cucurbita pepo. These warm season, annual vines are monoecious,...

(Flat Striped Ornamental Gourd, Ornamental Gourd)

Although indedible, heirloom ornamental gourd ‘Flat Striped’ will delight children and add pizzazz to fall decorating schemes. The small, dark green, hard-shelled fruits are squat, rounded, and graphically marked with bold, cream to pale green stripes. They are ready for harvest approximately 90 days from sowing.

This small gourd is a member of the New World species Cucurbita pepo, which also includes true pumpkins and many winter and summer squash varieties. These warm season, annual...

(Flying Saucer Squash, Pattypan Squash, Summer Squash)

The flattened, scalloped, pale yellow fruits of hybrid summer squash ‘Flying Saucer’ are marked with a radial starburst of dark and light green stripes at the blossom end, giving them a festive, otherworldly appearance. As with other scallop-types, this squash is especially delicious when picked very small and tender. Fruits are ready for harvest approximately 50 days from sowing.

Like many summer squash, ‘Flying Saucer’ is derived from the New World species Cucurbita pepo. These...

(Summer Squash)

This crookneck-type summer squash is a dependable producer of smooth, tender, pale yellow fruits which keep coming even in very hot temperatures. The compact, bushy plants make this hybrid an especially good variety for smaller home gardens. Fruits are ready for harvest approximately 45 days from sowing, and should be picked early and often for best yields and flavor.

Like many summer squash, ‘Gentry’ is derived from the New World species Cucurbita pepo. These warm season, annual...

(Summer Squash)

Summer squash ‘Geode’ produces early, generous yields of rounded, light green, flavorful fruit on large, vigorous, bushy plants. Similar to the heirloom ‘Ronde de Nice’, this hybrid offers earlier yields and greater ease of harvest. Fruits are ready to pick approximately 50 days from sowing.

Like many summer squash, ‘Geode’ is derived from the New World species Cucurbita pepo. These warm season, annual vines are monoecious, meaning single plants bear separate male and female flowers....

(Goldbar Summer Squash, Summer Squash)

The golden yellow, straightneck-type fruits of hybrid summer squash ‘Goldbar’ are produced generously over a long season, making it a great variety for market growers. Tender, firm and flavorful, this squash holds up beautifully whether baked, grilled or steamed. Fruits are ready for harvest approximately 45 days from harvest, and are best picked often and early.

Like many summer squash, ‘Goldbar’ is derived from the New World species Cucurbita pepo. These warm season, annual vines...

(Acorn Squash, Winter Squash)

Both decorative and delicious, this small, acorn-type winter squash is creamy white marked with bold, dark green stripes and occasional splashes of orange. The dense, bright orange flesh is sweet, tasty, and perfect for baking and stuffing. The festive fruits are borne generously on vigorous, mildew-resistant vines, and are ready for harvest approximately 80 days from sowing.

Like many winter squash, ‘Harlequin’ is a member of the New World species Cucurbita pepo. These warm season,...

(Pumpkin)

A 2011 All-America Selections award winner, 'Hijinks' produces small, sturdy-handled, deep-orange pumpkins on long, vigorous, mildew-resistant vines. The square-shouldered, conspicuously ribbed pumpkins weigh about 7 to 9 pounds (3- to 4-kg) each. Their smooth skin is easy to paint and carve. This F1 hybrid grows from seed to harvest in about 100 days.

Like all true pumpkins, ‘Hijinks' belongs to the New World species Cucurbita pepo. These warm season, annual vines are monoecious, meaning...

(Acorn Squash, Winter Squash)

This 2009 All-America Selections award winner yields lots of extra small, rounded, acorn-type fruits with dark green skin and dense, very sweet, fine grained flesh. Perfect for single servings, the pint-sized fruits of this hybrid are especially delicious when hollowed out and baked with a bit of butter and brown sugar. They are borne on compact, mildew-resistant, bush type plants, and ripen approximately 85 days from sowing.

Like many winter squash cultivars, ‘Honey Bear’ is derived from the...

(Jack B-Little Pumpkin, Pumpkin)

These fanciful, miniature “pumpkins” look for all the world like something from a book of fairy tales. Actually thought to be a type of acorn squash, the tiny, flattened, bright orange fruits are a delight to children, and perfect for fall decorating and floral arrangements. They are also quite tasty, and make a charming presentation when hollowed out and baked with a bit of butter and brown sugar. ‘Jack Be Little’ is ready for harvest approximately 95 days from sowing.

Like many winter squash...