Cucurbits from Cagnolle
PROMOTION
The seeds in this pack of cucurbits come from Ferme de Cagnolle. Benoît is the founder of the farm, and produces all his crops using a living soil market gardening technique. These seeds come from plants grown without irrigation in soil enriched with organic matter and covered with a tarpaulin. Year after year, they become more resistant to drought. In your vegetable garden, it may be necessary to water your crops depending on the environment, the nature of your soil and your choice of cultivation itinerary.
Who is Ferme de Cagnolle?
It's located in the Dordogne and is part of Kokopelli's network of producer-multipliers. There, Benoît works with the living soil method of market gardening. This technique reconstitutes the soil's natural fertility cycle, by stopping tilling the soil and adding organic matter to encourage living organisms. The Kokopelli Association and La Ferme de Cagnolle have joined forces to offer this assortment, as part of a common fight for biodiversity.
Which varieties are included in the La Ferme de Cagnolle box?
15 seeds
This early, productive variety offers several round fruits weighing 3 to 4 kg. Their thick, green, almost black skin encloses firm, orange-red flesh with an excellent sweet taste.
25 seeds*
This ancient, particularly drought-resistant variety produces elongated fruit weighing up to 1.5 kg. Their dark green, highly embroidered skin encloses salmon-colored flesh with a sweet flavor.
12 seeds
This variety produces small, brick-red, spinning top-shaped fruits up to 2 kg. Their sweet, orange flesh has a characteristic chestnut-like flavor.
The fruit keeps for 4 to 8 months, depending on storage conditions.
12 seeds
This variety, originally from Hungary, is still relatively unknown. It produces magnificent fruits weighing 1.5 to 2 kg, with firm orange flesh and a pronounced hazelnut flavor.
In Hungarian, it's known as Soncatök (ham squash).
25 seeds
This ancient, highly productive and vigorous variety produces an abundance of cylindrical fruit, about 20 cm long, with a sweet, bitter-free flavor. Harvested young, they can be prepared like gherkins.
25 seeds
This ancient variety offers an abundance of elongated fruit, best eaten before they reach over 15 cm in length. Their dark green skin encloses sweet flesh.
20 seeds
Kiwano, native to sub-Saharan Africa, produces reddish-bronze fruits when ripe, bristling with prickly spikes. Its green pulp offers a juicy texture with a flavor similar to kiwi and banana.
12 seeds
White Pâtisson squash is a very old, non-runner variety that produces white, slightly domed star-shaped fruits up to 25 cm in diameter and weighing up to 2.5 kg. When young, their raw flesh has an artichoke-like flavor and, when ripe, they can be stuffed. They keep for a very long time and can sometimes be dried.
