Market Farming

[Allan Balliett <igg AT igg.com>]

> I think you could ask more per pound for the 'gourmet' and
> unusual varieties like these, thereby making up the
> difference in poundage between the baby squashes and larger
> ones.

hmm, but not at CSA. I'd really like to start giving my shareholders 
summer squash in the sizes that the recipes and buyers guides 
recommend rather than in the twice-a-week picking sizes they are 
getting now.

Of utmost interest to me is an understanding of how a squash produces 
if it is picked early and often. (How would I ever know? ;-)

My extension agent once pointed out to me the difference between RED 
bell peppers and GREEN bell pepper: with RED bell peppers you get 2 
to 4 fruit per plant; with GREEN bell peppers you get 8 to 15 fruit 
per plant (and more, I think!?)

Guess which we send out!

Thanks -Allan