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Vanessa Rancaño

  • <strong>Wing Gourds:</strong> Phil Rupp of Rupp Seeds says that, many years ago, an Amish woman from Pennsylvania sent Phil's father, Roger Rupp, photos of an interesting gourd she'd developed. Roger hadn't seen anything like it, so he agreed to market the variety. The woman sent in some seeds, and from there, Rupp's popular line of wing gourds was born.
    Business & Education
    Good Gourd! What's With All The Weird-Looking Squash?
    Vanessa Rancaño
    Cinderella pumpkins just don't cut it for fall decor anymore. Squash and gourds come in all sorts of colors and sizes — and as far as consumers are concerned, the stranger, the better.