Vegetable Seeds Catalogue

A popular smaller pumpkin with dry flesh and excellent storage. A smaller bush that produces numerous blue-grey skinned pumpkins (15-20 cm across) and weighing up to 2 kg. The deep orange flesh is sweet and excellent for roasting, soups, pies and steaming. Originated in USA. 10 seeds.

A medium-small pumpkin with rich, sweet, fibreless flesh. A dark grey/green skin that is contrasted with deep orange flesh. Averages 3-4 pumpkins per plant at 1.3-2.5 kg. One of our favourite dry pumpkins. Stores well if cured in a dry, airy environment. 10 seeds.

A sweet pumpkin that is perfect for stuffing and baking. The skin is edible and is cream coloured with long dark green stripes and flecks. Yielding about 7 small pumpkins (0.7 – 1 kg) per plant that will store for 4 months. No curing required before storage. 15 seeds.

A South African favourite!! These bushes are hugely productive, yielding up to over 20 cricket ball sized fruit. A versatile squash in the sense that it can be harvested in summer and used like a zucchini (sweet and tender); or harvest in autumn when the skin toughens to store through winter & use like a pumpkin (roasted or stuffed). Boil, bake or steam – delicious with butter. 20 seeds.

This thumper has bright orange flesh and a grey skin. Growing to 7 kg it is segmented and a reasonable storer (6 months+). A hardy vine with some mildew resistance. Grow this variety if you luurrrvvvve pumpkin as it yields plenty of large fruit. An easy cutting, sweet-fleshed variety used for soups, baking or steaming. Not suited for short summers. 10 seeds.

This heirloom produces massive fruits up to 12 kg each!! The large pumpkins are oblong with pale pink skin. The orange/yellow flesh has excellent flavour and is not stringy, making it perfect for pies, purees and baking. The skin hardens as it matures making it an excellent ‘keeper’ for storing over winter. A good variety for cool - warm climates. 8 seeds.

A good looking and great tasting pumpkin with sweet, firm flesh with a delicate and mellow flavor similar to the taste of chestnuts. It is teardrop shaped and bright orange-red. Each plant will bear multiple fruits that weigh 1.8 – 3.5 kgs. Very versatile in the kitchen – use boiled, baked, in soups, stew, in risotto, steamed or sautéed. 10 seeds.
 

An heirloom originally from the late 1800s USA that is widely popular due to its sweet, fine flesh. Not a big scrambling vine, this smaller variety produces 4-6 round fruit, 15-20 cm in diameter and weighing up to 2 kg each. Stores well through winter. The flesh and skin are both bright orange. Great for pies, baking, soups and casseroles. 30 seeds.

Grow your own spaghetti! When cooked, this amazing oblong squash has tasty, ribbony flesh that can be topped with your favourite sauce! Baked, boiled or steamed, it is a delicious sweetly nutty vegie on its own, as well as a nutritious, high fibre, low-calorie pasta-substitute. 10 seeds.

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An American favourite for pies and carving at Halloween. A high yielding variety of round pumpkins, averaging 2 kg (15-20 cm), with a deep orange skin. The sweet, fine textured yellow-orange flesh is a cross between Sugar Pie and Jack O'Lantern that was developed in the 1960s.

A nutritious pumpkin grown for the high oil & protein content of the seeds. The seeds, also known as pepita, have no outer casing so can easily be eaten raw, roasted, dried or pressed (for the oil). A good looking, prolific pumpkin with green & orange markings, weighs 5-8 kg. The flesh lacks flavour but can be used to feed the chooks or compost. 12 seeds.

Am I squash or am I pumpkin?? This versatile vegie can be eaten when immature (steamed or baked) in the warmer months, tasting of a mix between potato & pumpkin. Left to mature it produces a dry fleshed, long keeping pumpkin. Mature pumpkins have a dark green, ribbed skin with orange flesh and weigh up to 3 kg. Treated seed (thiram). 8 seeds.