Sibley Winter Squash Seeds: Vegetable Seeds from Gurneys

Excellent for Pies

A flavor favorite in our taste tests, Sibley Winter Squash produces teardrop-shaped fruit with attractive, slate-blue skin and sweet, orange flesh. The 5 to 15 lb. fruits are excellent when roasted, steamed and baked. They can also be pureed, sweetened and used in cakes, pies and breads just like you would pumpkin. Introduced commercially in 1887 in Rochester, New York, Sibley Winter Squash produces good yields, and the fruits store well. For best results, sow seeds directly into the ground when soil temperatures are above 60 degrees F. Seeds may also be started indoors three weeks before planting. Approx. 25 seeds per pkt. 100 DAYS.

Botanical Name: Paeonia lactiflora 'Sorbet'
Height: 3 - 4 Feet
Yield: Good yields
Color: Raspberry pink and cream
Size: 25 Seed Pkt
Blooms: Late Spring, Early Summer
Fruit: Banana-type, oblong, teardrop-shaped with slate-blue skin and thick, sweet, orange flesh. 5-15 lbs. each.
Days To Maturity: 100 Days
Zone: 3-8

Germination: 7 - 10 Days
Form: Perennial
Flower Form: 5-7" double blooms.
Soil Requirements: Rich, moist, well-drained soil. pH 5.5 - 6.8.
Growth Rate: Medium
Seed Count: Approximately 25 seeds per packet.
Pruning: Only to remove spent blooms and remove tops after freezing in fall. After flowering and after tops freeze in fall.
Foliage: Long dark green foliage, turns reddish in fall.