The Joe Sabol Family Farm grows a variety of vegetables, fruits, and flowers and specializes in open-pollinated heirloom vine crops: pumpkins and melons. All Sabol Family Farm crops are grown with local organic fertilizer and without pesticides or herbicides. We sell retail and wholesale - call or e-mail us for prices.

Sabol Farm pumpkins featured for 2008 (L to R): Zucca Marina di Chioggia (Italian), Jarradale, our cook’s favorite (Australian), Zucca da Marmellata (Italian, for jam), and Zucca lunga di Napoli (Italian, for pasta.) Also, see photos below of our standard Vin Rouge D’ Etampes (French, dark red), Fairytale (mocha brown), and Lumina (white). We also have a new variety: Amish Pie (sorry, photo not available yet, check back later.)  All of the above range in size from 12-24" diameter and can weigh as much as 35 lbs.  Harvest is starting now and will continue until mid-October.  Contact us if have a particular request.

Scroll to the bottom of this page to see pictures of our standard pumpkins and to see examples of how our pumpkins are displayed and used for cooking.

Heirloom pumpkins, cucurbita pepo, were originally cultivated in France and Italy and are rapidly gaining popularity with American gardeners and cooks. No other pumpkins are quite like these jewels of orange, red, brown, green, and yellow! They look like Cinderella's carriage. Each brings a unique flair to your Fall decor and cooking and baking. After displaying in a prominent place, the thick, sweet flesh is ready for outstanding pies, soups, or breads. You will have the most unusual Halloween jack-o-lantern in your neighborhood and then the best pumpkin dish on Thanksgiving! Cinderella refers to a flatter "jelly doughnut" shape, as opposed to the more common "spherical" shaped Connecticut field pumpkin. Yes, we have field pumpkins, too.

Pumpkins are a versatile autumn food: cubed and sauteed, remaining firm, braised in a meat dish to absorb juices, mashed and chunky, and pureed to a sauce. Pumpkins are both sweet and savory, fruit and vegetable, welcoming cinnamon and sugar or salt and herbs.

Joe Sabol's open pollinated heirloom pumpkins range in size from 10 to 50 lbs. and will keep for months if properly cared for: wash away all dirt with soapy water, wash with dilute bleach (to kill the soil bacteria) and, like any perishable vegetable, store in a cool and dry environment.

For 2008 we have: Fairytale (mocha brown with deep ribs), Vin Rouge D' Etampes (dark red wine), Jarradale (sage green-grey and the best flavor for cooking), Tonda Padana (vertical orange and green stripes), Marina di Chioggia, Lunga di Napoli, and Zucca da Marmellata. Phone 262-498-8005 or e-mail joe@sabolfarm.com for more information or to order. We can deliver or ship if you are out of the area, or you may buy at the farm; contact us for directions and to arrange a time.

Fairytale - a heavily ribbed or scalloped shape, they grow as dark green, but sunlight, even after picking, will slowly develop the color into a beautiful brownish-orange, buckskin, mocha color at maturity.

Vin Rouge D' Etampes - ornamental and edible heirloom pumpkin from France. Mature fruits have a deep orange-red skin, slightly ribbed and flat, and resembling Cinderella’s carriage.

Jarradale - ornamental and edible heirloom pumpkin from Australia. The light gray-green shell conceals a sweet, deep golden string less flesh.

Joe Sabol Farm also has Jenny Lind (green) and Amish (orange) melons. Sorry, but we did not plant many sunflowers this year, call if you really want some (dark red, orange, brown, and black flowers; 3-6 inch diameter.)

We have shocks of Racine County wheat for sale - contact us to order.

If you would like to visit our farm, please contact us to schedule an appointment and for directions.

For information or orders:

Joe Sabol

Sabol Family Farm

P.O.Box 085198

Racine, WI 53408-5198

Tel: 262.498.8005 or 906.228.4010

e-mail: joe@sabolfarm.com