Banana Melons are long melons, 16 to 24 inches (40 to 60 cm) long by 4 inches (10 cm) wide, with smooth, yellow skin with slight netting. They will weigh 4 to 5 pounds (1.8 to 2.2 kg.) Inside, they have juicy light orange or pink flesh, with an intense, spicy flavour. They don’t, however,…
James John Howard Gregory
Blue Hubbard Squash
Blue hubbard squash is gourd or pear-shaped, with silvery bluish-green rough rind with moderate ribbing. The deepness of the blue will vary. The squash grows to be about 35 cm (13 inches) wide by 63 cm (25 inches) tall, and weigh 7 to 20 1/2 kg (15 to 45 pounds.) Inside, it has yellowish-orange, finely-textured…
Burbank Potatoes
Burbank Potatoes are long potatoes, with smooth white skin. Marketed as all-purpose potatoes, they are the parent of Russet Burbank potatoes. History Notes Burbank Potatoes were developed by Luther Burbank between 1872 and 1875 in Massachusetts, from a cross between Early Rose potatoes and another unknown parent. Though potato plants flower, we rarely think of…
Hubbard Squash
Hubbard squash is both the name of an actual squash variety, and of a grouping of similar squashes with rough, bumpy skins and sweetish, orangish-yellow flesh.
James John Howard Gregory
James John Howard Gregory ran an important seed catalogue business which helped introduce vegetables now considered heirloom stock such as the Hubbard Squash and the Burbank potato. He also wrote several books.
Luther Burbank
Life and Times Luther Burbank was an American botanist and scientist, most remembered in the food world for the potato named after him. He was a self-promoter, but his hype about some of his plant creations didn’t live up to reality when they were grown elsewhere in the world outside of the idyllic California environment,…
Yellow Globe Danvers Onions
Yellow Globe Danvers Onions are large onions, almost perfectly round, with thin yellow skin (actually yellowish browny-orange) and white flesh inside. They have a mild taste. The plant is a good producer. All the onions tend to ripen at the same time, making commercial harvesting easier. The variety is open-pollinated. Storage Hints Stores well. History…
Yugoslavian Finger Fruit Squash
Yugoslavian Finger Fruit Squash is slightly oval like a very large egg, but jutting out from it at the top are 10 protuberances variously referred to as “fingers”, “ribs” or “wings.” The rind is white. Inside, it has finely-textured flesh. When very young, it can be harvested as a summer squash. When older, it can…