Goldini
Crop: Squash (Cucurbita pepo)
Breeder: Carol Deppe Fertile Valley Seeds
OSSI Pledge Date: 8/3/2016
Release Date: 8/3/2016
Bred for Organic Systems: Yes
Availability: Yes
Description
“Early gold slightly club-shaped zucchini with ridges. Triple purpose. Spectacular rich flavor raw, cooked, or dried. The first cucumber-squash, that is, a squash with such a delicious flavor and crunchy texture raw that it matches or excels cucumbers for use in salads or sandwiches. Also the first squash ever bred deliberately for flavor and use dried as well as as a cooked summer squash. Also bred to be prime up to unusually large sizes, and for extreme vigor and productivity in organic systems. Goldini is prime with no loss of flavor or texture for use raw or cooked at weights up to about two pounds, greatly enhancing harvest flexibility and yield, and minimizing labor per pound harvest for commercial applications. Should be evaluated as a possible replacement for cucumbers for pickles and relishes. Also, the sliced cooked or pureed squash is so delicious, I think it would make a great commercial frozen vegetable as well as a great baby-food. (It’s a bit sweet by itself, and tastes wonderful just plain.) Goldini is prime for drying at up to about 4 lbs, meaning even big escapees can be turned into a delicious long-storing staple for soups and stews in winter. (See The Resilient Gardener for drying squash.) May be the fastest germinating and growing squash on the planet. Plants are all vigorous productive bushes with early fruit development. Leaves are a diversity of shapes and colors. A small percent of green-fruited or bi-color fruited plants may segregate and should be selected against.”
Source: https://www.caroldeppe.com/
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