Market Farming

["Elaine Granata" <ecgranat AT ouray.cudenver.edu>]

Bob and all:  The first year I sold them at market for 6 for a dollar, then
went to 5 for a dollar the next year -- always sold out.  My upscale market
bought them for 3 for a dollar and my chef offered that he'd pay $.50 a
bloom-- It's all over the place!

 I found a web site once (which I can't find again) that showed them at .40
each for San Francisco chefs.

Elaine
----- Original Message -----
From: <bob111higgins AT comcast.net>
To: <ecook516 AT earthlink.net>; "Market Farming"
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Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 9:57 AM
Subject: [Market-farming] Re: Pricing Squash blossooms


> 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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