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  • From: bob111higgins AT comcast.net
  • To: ecook516 AT earthlink.net, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>, market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
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  • Subject: [Market-farming] Re: Pricing Squash blossooms
  • Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 15:57:12 +0000

How do you folks price your squash blossoms at market? Thanks!

Bob Higgins, Red Brick Farm, Hopewell, NJ

-------------- Original message --------------

> I pick squashblossoms whenever.... I think they are most desirable when they
> are still kinda firm, straight and closed- but I think it also depends what the
> chef is doing with them. One chef I sell to just chops them up and garnishes
> with them, so he's fine with floppier ones- some stuff and fry. I don't pick
> them when they get kinda old and wrinkled at the end. I find that if I do pick
> them when they're open if I put them in the cooler they close up a bit. I put
> them in the cooler just on a tray and once they're cooled off, bag them (all
> going the same way) in plastic bags or plastic clam shells. I haven't had any
> complaints. At the growers cooperative I worked at previously (sold to
> Washington DC restaurants) they were layered on a slightly damp paper towels
> when sold wholesale, then a dozen went in a plastic clamshell for market. I
> also find that the blossoms from my green zucchini plants produce the biggest,
> nicest blossoms. My question is, if you were to pick off all the male blossoms
> ( or a substantial number) would pollination be affected?
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