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100 days from direct-sowing. You simply must try this delicious heirloom baking pumpkin from New Zealand! Each heavily ribbed blue-green-white fruit is packed with stringless golden flesh so rich and aromatic you may just have to eat dessert first. And the pumpkins make terrific Halloween decorations, their ghostly appearance unlike any other in the garden!
The first thing you will notice about these pumpkins is that they are heavier than they look. Nicely shaped with a slightly flattened appearance and good ribbing, they have strong handles and a flat base for easy displaying. But inside, Jarrahdale is all business: this squash is packed with rich flesh that will delight your palate and fill your pantry.
From a 6- to 10-pound pumpkin you will get several quarts of top-quality eating, whether you use the flesh in sweet or savory dishes. And the aroma is heavenly! And unlike many heirloom varieties, Jarrahdale is heavily productive. It was bred for high-heat climates, so it's an ideal choice for the hot south and southwest, though you will find it very adaptable to northern climates as well (and it's a good crop for short growing seasons, surprisingly).
Expect at least half a dozen fruits from each vine, all colored a slightly different shade of ghoulish Halloween bluish-green to gray! Jarrahdale stores well, so you can display this good looker for a few weeks, then cut into it for its delicious flesh. Its portable size, unusual color, and fantastic flavor all combine to make it a terrific all-around favorite, ideal for whatever you desire in a pumpkin!
We highly recommend it to gardeners in all climates. Like all pumpkins, Jarrahdale is quite easy to grow, given adequate space and patience! Sow the seeds outdoors when danger of frost is past, or start indoors in peat pots. Plant the seedlings (or thin to) 3 to 5 feet apart. Corn and beans are traditional pumpkin companions in a Three Sisters planting.
It's going to be another beautiful spring in your garden! We are delighted to celebrate 150 years of gardening friendship with you! "Your success and pleasure are more to Park than your money." The motto of our founder, George W. Park, has been the inspiration for Park Seed Company ever since its 1868 founding at the kitchen table of a 15-year-old boy who hoped to sell seeds from his own garden for a little pocket money. Mr. Park considered gardening a spiritual delight as well as a useful and pleasant activity. In early catalogs, he encouraged gardeners to form clubs and swap seeds, even printing nature poetry they had written. His catalogs united gardeners in remote rural areas, and by 1918, Park Seed Company had 180,000 customers. Today our gardeners number in the millions, yet we still adhere to Mr. Park's original motto. We may be connecting online through social media rather than handwritten letters, but the spirit and the result is the same: bringing the joys of gardening to as many people as possible.