Market Farming

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

Bob Higgins, Red Brick Farm, Hopewell, NJ

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> > 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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