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Wednesday, 09 May 2007
Here are the pumpkin descriptions for 2007

Pumpkin seeds 2007


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Name

Description

Source

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Prizewinner

115 days Best color “huge” type Earlier maturing and looks more like a regular pumpkin than Dill's Atlantic Giant 1-2 fruits per plant

Johnny's

Musque de Provence

125 day. Ribbed, flat, tan fruits 8-15 lb. Thick, deep orange moderately sweet flesh. Sold in cut wedges in France. 2 fruits per plant.

Johnny's

Autumn Wings gourd

Deeply winged and warted vibrant colored pears and other shaped gourds

Johnny's

Dill's Atlantic Giant

125 days. Huge pinkish orange pumpkins. Current world record of Atlantic Giant is 1,469 lb. Seed from Howard Dill of Nova Scotia.

Johnny's

Dill Atlantic Giant

See above

Pinetree

Racer

85 day. Extra early, ribbed, dark orange. Dark green handle 12-16 lb Semi-bush productive vines. 2-3 fruits per plant.

Johnny's

Valenciano

110 day. Snow-white skin. 11-15 inch diameter x 6-8 inch tall, slightly ribbed . Thick orange flesh suitable for pies. 2 fruits/plant.

Johnny's

Baby Pam

105 day. Best quality for pie pumpkin. Bright, deep orange skin and thick tan handle. 4lb. Seed treated with thiram. 4-5 fruits per plant.

Johnny's

Squash 'Rumbo'

See below

Park

Squash 'Rumbo'

100-120 days. 14-15 lb, looks like a Cinderella pumpkin with superior flavored dark orange-yellow flesh and deeply ribbed orange-yellow shiny skin

Jung

Baby Bear

105 days. All-America Selections winner. Deep orange, 1 ½ – 2 ½ lb fruits are half the size of normal pie pumpkins. Ave 8 pumpkins per vine. Good for pies and superior storage quality.

Pinetree/

Johnny's

Jack Be Little

95 days. Tiny, flattened pumpkins ribbed orange aver. 3-4in diameter for table decoration. Sweet-fleshed for eating. Avg 12 fruits per plant.

Pinetree

Harvest Moon

90 days. Mid-sized (6-14 inch) Get orange fruits before the end of the summer. The vigorous plants are very prolific, producing many round, smooth, dark orange pumpkins (8-12 pounds on average), suitable for carving, decorating, and eating.

Pinetree

Squash Long Island Cheese

90 days. This East Coast heirloom is thought of as a great pie squash. The name comes from the similarity in shade and shape to a big wheel of cheese. The buff colored skin reveals attractive, firm orange flesh. Fruits are 6-8 pounds and storage qualities are excellent.

Pinetree

Squash Lakota

100 days. Another choice that is both decorative and good eating. The pear shaped fruit can go as large as 7 pounds. The flesh is a golden hue with a fine flavor. The skin color is a variegated green and orange although some fruit will be entirely orange and others entirely green.

Pinetree

Squash Jarradale

100 days This Australian variety is very unusual. The skin is a very attractive ribbed blue-gray. Ten pound fruit can be 34 inches around and the flesh is orange and sweet. Stores well.


Pinetree

Squash Futsu Black

105 days This very deep green ribbed and warted squash appears to be almost black. The golden orange flesh is delicious with a strong taste similar to hazelnuts. Fruits are large with weights close to 10 pounds a possibility. An excellent storage variety.

Pinetree

Baby Boo

95 day. 2-3 inch diameter deep orange ribbed fruit.

Jung

Bat Wing

90 day. 1/4 lb unique orange and dark green (if harvested early) become fully orange at maturity. Semi-bush vines.

Jung

Early Sweet Sugar Pie

90 – 115 day. Excellent for pies and canning . Orange-yellow thick meaty flesh. Small, round, dark orange skin 6-8 lb.

Jung

Harvest Time Hybrid

95 day. Tall 24-28 lb dark orange smooth skin and good carrying handles.

Jung

Lumina White

105 day. White skin with blue cast. 8-12 inches across. Good for pies.

Jung

Phantom Hybrid

110 day. Deep orange 20-30 lb fruit with strong carrying handles. Tremendous yield potential. Perfect for jack-o'-lanterns.

Jung

Rouge Vif D'Etampe

95 day. Deeply ribbed flat Cinderella style pumpkin. Can reach 25 lbs. Deep orange-red skin with outstanding sweet moist thick flesh

Jung/Johnny's

Snack Jack

95 day. Hull-less seeds good for roasting. Bright orange 2-2.5lb pumpkins with good flavor for pies. Semi-bush vines

Jung

Spirit

100 days 100 day. 10-12 lb bright orange-gold. Short 4-5 foot vines. Flesh good for pies and canning. 1997 AAS Winner.

Jung

Sweet Lightning

100 day. 1lb, edible ornamental, creamy-yellow, orange-striped 3"x5" fruit. Semi-bush vines

Jung

Wee-Be-Little

85 day. Baseball size globe-shaped pumpkins have smooth, deep orange skin and sturdy handles. Space-saving bush plants spread 6-8 ft. 1999 AAS Winner

Jung

One too Many

110 days. 20 lb oblong fruits have a white background accented with midribs and stippled veins of red.

Jung

Winter Luxury

85-100 day. Very productive medium 10 inch diameter with finely netted golden russet color. Deep golden thick sweet flesh is rated among best for taste and texture.

Jung

Wyatt's Wonder Pvp

115 days. Open pollinated variety produces big fruits weighing 200lbs or more. Intense orange color does not fade.

Jung

Squash 'Carnival'

Mottled green, yellow and orange acorn squash with excellent flavor. Vigorous, semi-bush vines yield a large number of fruits.

Jung

Squash 'Golden Hubbard'

90-105 day. Deep golden-yellow flesh has excellent flavor and a fine-grained texture. Nubbly skin 12-14 lb and hubbard shape.

Jung

Squash 'Jamboree Hybrid'

95 day greenish-blue gray skin lightly ribbed, flattened round fruit. 9-11 lb Sweet orange flesh rivals the best winter squash for eating quality. Vigorous high-yielding vines.

Jung

Squash 'Sunshine Hybrid'

80-95 day. Vitamin-rich bright orange flesh of this Kobocha-type winter squash is thick, creamy-smooth, stringless with an outstanding sweet, nutty flavor. Space saving 6-8 ft vines yield good supply of 3-4 lb fruit. 2004 AAS Winner.

Jung

Organic 'Jack O' Lantern'

110 days. Excellent for carving and cooking. Medium sized round to elongated in shape.

Burpee

Tom Fox

110 days Developed by New Hampshire farmer Tom Fox. The well-ribbed, medium-sized, avg. 12-20 lb., pumpkins have a deep orange color and fantastic handles: fat, long, dark green, and strong. They grow on long vines in a variety of shapes and are thick-walled and heavy for their size. Avg. yield: 3-4 fruits/plant

Johnny's

Wolf

120 days Huge strong handles. Distinctive round pumpkins are deep orange with moderate rib. Thick flesh helps prevent flat-siding. Nice breeding work by Western New York farmer Chris Awald. Matures late. Fruit weights range from 18-28 lb.

 

Johnny's

Kakai

100 days Eye-catching, medium-small, avg. 5-8 lb., black-striped pumpkins. After displaying the pumpkins next fall, you can scoop out the large, dark green, completely hull-less seeds, which are absolutely delicious roasted. Kakai is a variety of the Austrian type that yields the valuable green pumpkin seed oil that some European studies show promotes prostate health. Semi-bush, short-vine plants. Avg. yield: 2-3 fruits/plant.

Johnny's


 
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