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Upper Ground Sweet Potato Squash Seeds (Cucurbita moschata cv.)Upper Ground Sweet Potato Squash Seeds (Cucurbita moschata cv.). This rare heirloom is a rugged variety that is tolerant of hot, dry weather, rendering it especially well-suited to the South. The vines are vigorous, with large, dark, metallic green-striped leaves, and it produces an abundance of medium-large, round-to-bell-shaped, tan-skinned fruit and moist orange flesh that resembles that of the sweet potato, hence the name. In 1790, Jefferson sent to Samuel Vaughan Jr. seed of a melon species resembling a pumpkin and tasting like the sweet potato, calling it... - Upper Ground Sweet Potato Squash Seeds (Cucurbita moschata cv.).
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| Monticello Shop | Upper Ground Sweet Potato Squash Seeds (Cucurbita moschata cv.) | $3.95 |  |
 | Long Island Cheese Winter Squash Seeds ( Cucurbita moschataLong Island Cheese Winter Squash Seeds ( Cucurbita moschata. This old Long Island Heirloom was known as the original "Cheese Wheel." It has smooth heavily ribbed buff-colored skin with a deep orange, sweet flesh. This winter squash weighs 6-10 pounds, and is considered one of the best baking varieties and is ... - Long Island Cheese Winter Squash Seeds ( Cucurbita moschata. | $2.95 More Information | ||
 | Green Striped Cushaw Winter Squash Seeds (Cucurbita mixta cv.)Green Striped Cushaw Winter Squash Seeds (Cucurbita mixta cv.). Cushaws likely originated in the West Indies before 1700, and this heirloom is believed to be the same variety cultivated before 1860 as "Improved Cushaw". Jefferson cultivated numerous squashes at Monticello, including "long crooked" and "warted" su... - Green Striped Cushaw Winter Squash Seeds (Cucurbita mixta cv.). | $3.95 More Information | ||
 | Connecticut Field Pumpkin Seeds ( Cucurbita pepo )Connecticut Field Pumpkin Seeds ( Cucurbita pepo ). Pumpkins were grown in Jefferson's fields both for the Monticello table as well as for feeding the workhorses, cattle, sheep, and pigs in late summer. Jefferson enjoyed a "potato-pumpkin," which he described as a substitute for sweet potatoes. In "No... - Connecticut Field Pumpkin Seeds ( Cucurbita pepo ). | $2.95 More Information | ||
 | Sweet Basil Seeds ( Ocimum basilicum )Sweet Basil Seeds ( Ocimum basilicum ). Sweet Basil, native to Europe, is used fresh or dried as an aromatic culinary seasoning. It was common in America by the late 1700s, and Jefferson requested a supply of this pot-herb from his neighbor George Divers in 1820. Bushy plants grow to two f... - Sweet Basil Seeds ( Ocimum basilicum ). | $2.95 More Information | ||
 | Sweet William Seeds ( Dianthus barbatus )Sweet William Seeds ( Dianthus barbatus ). Jefferson observed "sweet William began to open" at Shadwell on April 16, 1767, reported flowers in May and June of 1782, and also planted this biennial in an oval flower bed at Monticello in 1807. This species is often associated with early American... - Sweet William Seeds ( Dianthus barbatus ). | $3.95 More Information | ||
 | Painted Lady Sweet Pea Seeds ( Lathyrus odoratus cv.)Painted Lady Sweet Pea Seeds ( Lathyrus odoratus cv.). Francis Cupani, a Franciscan monk, first sent seed of the purple-flowered species to England from Sicily in 1699. The 'Painted Lady' is a highly scented, pink and white bicolor variety, which was in cultivation by the 1730s and popular in American ga... - Painted Lady Sweet Pea Seeds ( Lathyrus odoratus cv.). | $2.95 More Information |
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