Tags: Certified Organic Heirloom Open Pollinated

Growing Practices: No Pesticides No Herbicides No Fungicides No Synthetic Fertilizers

Latin Name: Cucurbita moschata

Days to Maturity: 130

Description:

Vigorous, extremely productive and downy mildew resistant plants produce beautiful neck pumpkins of varying shapes and sizes (approx. 7-15 pounds). At harvest they are a patterned mix of orange, green, tan and white colors – the green goes away in storage. This is a long-season variety but there hasn’t been any problem maturing the fruits in Central Virginia when planted by the end of May. Edmund Frost has been working with this seedstock for several years, selecting especially for keeping quality, eating quality, beautiful colors, and resistance to splitting. Less of a dessert squash than our butternuts, but still excellent (or preferable in savory dishes), with notably aromatic flavor, sweetness, and a good bit higher brix and dry matter than you can expect from a supermarket butternut. Fruits from the 2023 seed crop at Twin Oaks had an average brix of 9.5 and an average dry matter of 11.7 - these seeds are from the best tasting plants. 350 seeds/oz. Grown by Twin Oaks Seed Farm.

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    Do they store well?

    Posted by Laurie Tiemens on 12/06/2022

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    • We've been selecting this variety for keeping quality and it appears to be paying off. Several years ago I would not have said they kept well on the whole. But this year they are keeping, with next to no loss as of early December. -Edmund for CWSG

      Posted by Common Wealth Seed Growers Cooperative on 12/06/2022

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    Have these shown tolerance to vine borers? We are plagued with them here in Central Oklahoma. Thank you!

    Posted by Ada Hunter, PhD on 12/12/2020

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    • Yes, they are tolerant to vine borers for us in Virginia. We get a lot of vine borers in maxima and pepo species squash but very little in moschata species.

      Posted by Common Wealth Seed Growers Cooperative on 12/13/2020

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Cuban Neck Pumpkin - Certified Organic

Unit SizePriceDescription
2.5 Grams $4.50 approx 30 seeds
1/2 Ounce $11.00 approx. 175 seeds
1 Ounce $18.00 approx. 350 seeds

$4.50

Common Wealth Seed Growers

Louisa, VA, United States (Zone 7a)
Established in 2014
14.00 acres in production

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