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Gourds - Birdhouse (Lagenaria siceraria)
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Birdhouse Gourds get their name from their common use as a birdhouse when dried and hollowed out. They make an excellent home for wrens, swallows and chickadees.
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Gourds - Caveman's Club (Lagenaria siceraria)
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Caveman's Club gourds are long (10 to 14 inches), knobby, dark-green fruits with a thin 'handle' on a club-like shape. 120 days to maturity.
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Gourds - Luffa Sponge (Luffa aegyptiaca)
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Luffa Gourds receive their name from their ability to be used a dish or bath sprong when dried out. Requires a long growing season (up to 130 days).
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Gourds - Snake (Lagenaria siceraria)
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Snake gourds grow to 18 inches long by 3 inches in diameter. Dried, they can be used as rattles or decorate fake snakes. 180 days to maturity.
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Gourds - Speckled Swan (Lagenaria siceraria)
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Produces medium-green fruit with white speckles. A long, swan-like neck lends this gourd its name. 100 days to maturity.
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Pumpkin - Connecticut Field (Cucurbita pepo)
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A Native American heirloom from before the 18th century, Connecticut Field produces 15 to 25 pound fruits with thick deep-yellow sweet flesh. Fruit matures in about 100 to 120 days.
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Pumpkin - Dill's Atlantic Giant Pumpkin Seeds (Cucurbita maxima)
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The current world record pumpkin was grown from the Dill's Atlantic Giant variety and weighed in at over 1200 pounds. Under proper growing conditions, these seeds can consistently produce pumpkins of a couple hundred pounds.
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Pumpkin - Green Striped Cushaw (Cucurbita mixta)
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An heirloom from the 1800s, Green Striped Cushaw is white with mottled green stripes and light yellow flesh. Fruits are crook-necked and typically weigh 12 to 16 pounds at maturity.
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Pumpkin - Jack Be Little (Cucurbita pepo)
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A vigorous producer, Jack Be Little vines have 10 to 20 flattened, ribbed which are 2 inches tall by 3 to 6 inches in diameter. Deep orange color.
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Pumpkin - Jarrahdale (Cucurbita maxima)
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Jarrahdale is a deeply ribbed, blue-grey pumpkin with sweet orange-yellow, stringless flesh. Good for baking. Jarrahdale fruits are 12 to 20 pounds in weight.
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Pumpkin - Orange Striped Cushaw (Cucurbita moschata)
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Resembles the Green Striped Cushaw, but with pale orange skin and dark orange stripes. Fruits are 5 to 10 pounds and suitable for pies or as an ornamental.
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Gourds - Assortment of Large Varieties
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This mixture includes varieties such as apple, birdhouse, bushel, caveman's club, dipper, snake and swan. Gourds make excellent autumn decorations plain or for craft making.
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Gourds - Assortment of Small Varieties
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This mixture includes varieties such as crown of thorns, spoon, apple, pear and orange as well as bicolored and striped varieties. Gourds make excellent autumn decorations plain or for craft making.
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Pumpkin - Lumina (Cucurbita maxima)
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Lumina pumpkins have a ghostly white appearance and will make an excellent addition to your garden in preparation for Halloween 2010. Make a special jack-o-lantern next year or just a conversation piece.
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Pumpkin - Sugar Pie (Cucurbita pepo)
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Sugar Pies are small 7 to 10" round pumpkins with a sweet orange-yellow flesh that is perfect for canning and pumpkin pies. Fruit matures in about 90 to 110 days.