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:

Mystic Farmers’ Market is on Tuesdays from 2 to 6 p.m., at the Quiambaug Firehouse located at 50 Old Stonington Road. WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted. 

Groton Farmers’ Market is on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Groton Shopping Plaza next to the Post Office on Route 1. WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted. 

Westerly-Pawcatuck Farmers’ Market is on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 85 Main St., just past The Bridge restaurant in Westerly. 

Stonington Farmers’ Market is on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon near the town fishing pier in the borough. WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted. 

Mystic-Denison Farmers’ Market is on Sundays from noon to 3 p.m., located at 120 Pequotsepos Road across from the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center. www.denisonhomestead.org/farm‐market, WIC/Senior FMNP Accepted.