Any have Queensland Blue pumpkin seeds?

[antipodes]

Hi all. Last year a kind soul from A4A sent me 3 lovely Qld Blue pumpkin seeds (they are from my native Australian state so I would love to grow them here). Unfortunately with the terrible 2007 weather, I lost all my squash crops, so I didn't manage with those.
I would very much like to try them again this year, hopefully with better climatic conditions!!
I am afraid that as I am still quite a newbie I could not offer much in return apart from some nice pumpkin seeds I got from a neighbour, they produce delicious green eating pumpkins with lovely orange flesh. I also have quite a bit left of French lettuce seeds, Brussel Sprouts, red peppers. I will probably have more things to offer later in the year as I am currently ordering my seeds and will no doubt have too many of certain things.

If anyone could spare a couple of these pumpkin seeds, I would be most grateful. BTW they are lovely pumpkins, huge bluish green things with very tasty dark yellow flesh, make terrific mash or soup.
Thank you very much,
antipodes

[antipodes]

[ruud]

Hi antipodes try this webside www.kcb-samen.ch.It is in schwitserland.The side is in three languages,i say ablue new sealand pumpkin,maybe the same one.

[froglets]

Pm me, I can spare a couple - my lottie is only half a plot so I haven't room for even the few seeds you do get in a packet.

Cheers

[Jeannine]

I do  PM me  XX Jeannine

[Suzanne]

Looks like you have all the offers you need - but just in case these are one of my favourites too, so I have a few to spare  (along with the other Australian Blues and also Australian Butter squash).   :)

[Rob08]

Out of curiosity, are there any Australian crops, or cultivars of known vegetables that are particularly popular/unique to Australia?

[Jeannine]

Aussie tomatoes

[Rob08]

Aussie tomatoes

I have a seed packet of Australian bush tomatoes that I have yet to grow out.  I also have seed for lemon myrtle and have been investigating other native Australian food crops, but few seem suitable to the European climate.

I am waiting on a package from the Irish Seed Saver Assocation that includes both the Australian Blue and Queensland Blue squash.  Am happy to share once the package arrives.

[antipodes]

Thank you so much to everyone who offered. I have sent some PMs.
Unfortunately I was not a great gardener when I lived in Oz so I couldn't say!! Some Aussie plants do grow here, obviously some eucalypts but I noticed that BottleBrush shrubs do pretty well. One thing we do have which I haven't seen elsewhere is tamarillos, or tree tomatoes. They grow on a small fruit tree, the size of an egg and dark red when ripe. They have a delicious flavour not unlike a kiwi but more acidic. I believe they make terrific jam.
We also have good pumpkins  ;D Jap pumpkins which are dark green and Butternuts which are deliciously nutty. Apart from that, we have funny names for veggies: took me ages to stop saying capsicum (sweet pepper), zucchini (courgette), silverbeet (beet, chard), squash (only those yellow and green pattypan squashes), eggplant (aubergine).
I will let you know how the pumkins get on. Thanks again for all yr kindness.

[Rob08]

Thank you so much to everyone who offered. I have sent some PMs.
Unfortunately I was not a great gardener when I lived in Oz so I couldn't say!! Some Aussie plants do grow here, obviously some eucalypts but I noticed that BottleBrush shrubs do pretty well. One thing we do have which I haven't seen elsewhere is tamarillos, or tree tomatoes. They grow on a small fruit tree, the size of an egg and dark red when ripe. They have a delicious flavour not unlike a kiwi but more acidic. I believe they make terrific jam.
We also have good pumpkins  ;D Jap pumpkins which are dark green and Butternuts which are deliciously nutty. Apart from that, we have funny names for veggies: took me ages to stop saying capsicum (sweet pepper), zucchini (courgette), silverbeet (beet, chard), squash (only those yellow and green pattypan squashes), eggplant (aubergine).
I will let you know how the pumkins get on. Thanks again for all yr kindness.

We have a similar thing with names in South Africa, the most obvious being that aubergines were called brinjals there. zucchini were called baby marrow and chard was called spinach (as true spinach is seldom seen or grown there).

[Robert_Brenchley]

We have a similar thing with names in South Africa, the most obvious being that aubergines were called brinjals there. zucchini were called baby marrow and chard was called spinach (as true spinach is seldom seen or grown there).

Aubergines seem to have all sorts of names; they're jublocks in Sierra Leone, where they're much used.

[Jeannine]

Antipodes, go and take alook at the Eden seed site when you feel homesick...and they have Japs, maybe I should try them now my supply has dried up from OZ..I will pop a few in for you , perhaps we can both save seeds with our fingers crossed, Judt to confuse everyone further  Jap pumpkins are what we would call winter squash, or and you can buy tamarillo seeds, we get the fruit here too now and again.XX Jeannine

[Rob08]

We have a similar thing with names in South Africa, the most obvious being that aubergines were called brinjals there. zucchini were called baby marrow and chard was called spinach (as true spinach is seldom seen or grown there).

Aubergines seem to have all sorts of names; they're jublocks in Sierra Leone, where they're much used.

The west African aubergines look quite different to the European varieties don't they?  The original South African variety (sadly never seen anymore) was a bronze coloured fruit with creamy stripes on it.  I have never seen an aubergine that looks like it up here and since South Africa rejoined the world community a lot of the local versions of international crops have disappeared.

[Jeannine]

Holy Moly, I have some Tamarillo seeds, I just looked, they are about three years old so I don't know how good they will be , Antipodes would you like a few in with your other stuff XX Jeannine

[Robert_Brenchley]

The west African aubergines look quite different to the European varieties don't they?  The original South African variety (sadly never seen anymore) was a bronze coloured fruit with creamy stripes on it.  I have never seen an aubergine that looks like it up here and since South Africa rejoined the world community a lot of the local versions of international crops have disappeared.

I have it on very good authority (just asked the wife) that Freetown aubergines look just like the ones we buy here. Doesn't mean they're the same variety though!

[antipodes]

The tamarillo:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarillo
Hmm it is frost tender but the tree is not so big: I wonder if it could be grown in a big pot? Then I could protect it over the winter...
Heck I would be willing to give it a go but I am not sure I would be very successful as I don't have a greenhouse, maybe you should try one too Jeannine  :)
It is funny to see how different veg have variations in different places. I don't really recall seeing fresh spinach in Australia so maybe it doesn't grow there either??? I don't think people eat it much at home either. And in France the parsnip is hardly known at all: but I gave some to my neighbour and she loved them, she cooked them in their own juices in a covered pan and thought they were delicious. I will leave some on her table next weekend I think, last of the crop at the moment.
Thank you to everyone who has offered me exotic seed, I hope I pull off the challenge of growing it!

[Jeannine]

They are on the way, the blues, a few japs and the tamarillo.  I have  since      also got an Australian seed swapper to send me Japs and some other types of blue, They are on the way here now,

XX Jeannine