Category: Zucchini

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Cocozelle Zucchini

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Cocozelle Zucchini heirloom seeds 4

55 Days

25 Seeds

Originating in Rome as far back as the 1500’s, then moving North from the Mediterranean, this summer squash zucchini grows a dark green with cream coloured stripes, and are favored in Italy for their exceptional flavour and texture. Great as a pasta substitute, in salads, roasted, or battered and fried and it also freezes well. Large more mature ones can be halved, stuffed and then baked. We like to shave them into ribbons using a vegetable peeler or mandolin and roll them up to make
enchiladas. The flowers are popular in high end restaurants where they fry them or stuff them and fry them with a beer batter.

Growing Directions.

Sow 2-3 seeds 1″ deep, 3′ apart in 18″ hills, in full sun when all chance of frost has past. Plants grow to 20″tall and 20″ wide. Harvest when fruit reaches 6″ to 8″ in length, or grow them larger for stuffing. Benefits from compost amended soil.

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Black Zucchini

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50 Days

25 Seeds

Originally bred in California in 1931 by the J. Rice Seed Co. of New York. This zucchini grows to a dark green (not black) and the flesh is a light green, white and is superior in taste to most. Best harvested at 6″ for crisp firm flesh. The flowers have become somewhat of a delicacy at some high end restaurants.

Growing Directions

Sow seed directly outdoors 1″ deep in 12″ hills with 6 seeds per hill, in full sun, when ground is warm and all chance of frost has past. Thin to 3 plants per hill. Harvest often for more fruits.

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Golden Zucchini

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55 Days

25 Seeds

Originally from the Burpee Seed Company 1973, this brightly coloured zucchini is a great producer of delicious crisp fruit with a mild flavour. Grows into a compact bush style plant. Fruits are best around the 8″ length and will produce more if harvested frequently. The flower has become somewhat of a delicacy in high end restaurants.

Growing Directions

Sow seed directly outdoors 1″ deep in 12″ hills with 6 seeds per hill in full sun, when ground is warm and all chance of frost has past. Thin to 3 plants per hill. Harvest often for more fruits.