Grown In Connecticut: Fancy Some Squash?

Squash is coming to the markets at full steam said Rick Macsuga of the Connecticut Department of Agriculture. 

"Any squash you fancy, you'll find it," he said of the common summer squashes and "oddball" squashes he found this weekend. 

Macsuga said another variety of apple is now available. The Jersey Mac will only be around for a couple weeks but, he said, "it's a nice early apple with some sweet notes – for an early apple it eats pretty well." 

And the Kennebec potato, a Maine variety, is now available. Macsuga said the potato is "a white, all-purpose potato you can mash, chop, bake, fry – it's a good traditional potato that can take anything."

Macsuga also said that swiss chard is abundant and can take the place of spinach in most recipes and that spinach will return to the markets in the fall. Tomatoes and eggplant should be available in larger volumes now and "there are a lot of peppers that are right ready to be picked." 

Fresh this week:

Cabbage: green, red, savoy

Blueberries

Eggplant

Tomatoes: plum, cherry, grape, heirloom and field

Cucumbers

Green beens 

Squash: summer, patty pan, eight ball, gold ball, zephyr, green, cork neck

Tomatillos

Okra

Collards

Kale

Swiss chard

Peaches

Nectarines

Beets: golden, regular

Broccoli

Cauliflower: white, yellow

Potatoes: fingerling, kennebec, yukon gold

Peppers: long hot, cherry, japaleno, cubanelle 

Where to find them:

The Old Saybrook Farmers’ Market is on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 210 Main Street. www.oldsaybrookfarmersmarket.com, WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted, SNAP/EBT 

The Westbrook Farmers’ Market is on Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Flat Rock Place in the Tanger Outlet Center. WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted.

Madison Farmers' Market is on Friday, from 3 to 6 p.m. on the Madison Town Green near 27 Meetinghouse Lane. WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted. Check the Madison Farmer's Market Facebook page for more. 

Dudley Farmers’ Market is on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 2351 Durham Road in North Guilford. 

The Chester Sunday Farmers’ Market is on Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Town Center. www.chestersundaymarket.com.