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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Jersey Golden Acorn squash
  • Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 15:15:14 -0500

Roger

It's been at least ten years so my memory may not be completely
accurate. Jersey Golden Acorn was bred at Rutgers, hence the 'Jersey'. It
came out with a bang and consumers liked it. But then there were some
incidents where consumers became sick and blamed it on the Jersey Golden
Acorn squash they ate. I never got sick but when these things happen,
something has to change. I'm pretty sure the seed producers or Rutgers
withdrew it from the market. I haven't seen it again since about 1990.

Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Weeks <rjweeks70 AT comcast.net>
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:44 PM
Subject: [Market-farming] Jersey Golden Acorn squash


>I have been trying for some time now to locate seeds for this squash.
>My mother used to grow it and reports she can't find the seeds anymore
>either. It was my favorite squash - actually the only one I would eat
>as a child.
>
>I've been told that "Table Gold" is a similar variety, and I'm growing
>some this year to see.
>
>I've checked with Seed Savers Exchange and other seed organizations, and
>while Google returns a lot of documents from various state ag agencies
>saying that Jersey Golden Acorn is a good squash to plant, I can't seem
>to locate any seed.
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Roger Weeks
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