Market Farming

["Shelley Pasco" <whistle AT halcyon.com>]

We harvest ours in the early morning when they've still got dew on them and
the bumblebees are sleepy. Carefully knock out the bees if they're inside.
We pick the ones that have already opened and closed up again.
We like to pack them above ice, so they stay cool and dry. They'll get brown
& slimy if they get wet. Deliver the day you harvest, don't try to hold them
for long.
Try Seneca Butterblossom from FEDCO. It's a zucchini that was bred
specifically for lots of beautiful male blossoms. The fruits are also pretty
good, medium green. We also get lots of male blossoms from our
pumpkin/winter squash plants. They only need so many, and once they've been
robbed of pollen they're of no use to the plants anyway.

Shelley
Whistling Train Farm
Kent, WA

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>From: "William McKay" <bmckay55 AT hotmail.com>
>To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>Subject: Squash Blossoms
>Date: Wed, Feb 23, 2000, 9:38 PM
>

> Had a restaurant customer ask today if I could supply him with squash
> blossoms. Of course I told him I could do that.   He could take all I could
> supply.  My questions are (1)  what is the best way to harvest blossoms and
> (2) how do you pack & keep them fresh.  Are there some varieties which are
> more productive (in terms of # of blossoms than others).
>
> Thanks
> Bill McKay in E. Massachusetts (where the snow is melting quickly)
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