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Pumpkin Several large pumpkins. A pumpkin is a cultivar of a squash plant, most commonly of Cucurbita pepo, that is round, with smooth, slightly ribbed skin, and deep yellow to orange coloration. The thick shell contains the seeds and pulp. Some exceptionally large cultivars of squash with similar appearance have also been derived from Cucurbita maxima. Specific cultivars of winter squash derived from other species, including C. argyrosperma, and C. moschata, are also sometimes called pumpkin.
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Varieties of Pumpkins- Lots and lots of 'em! Here are the basic types of Pumpkin: Pumpkins belong to the Cucurbita is the plant family. This species also includes squash, watermelon, and cucumbers. Thanks to easy cross-breeding, there are hundreds of varieties of pumpkins. Focusing specifically on the pumpkin varieties, there are a number of species(sub-groups): Cucurbita Moschata-- This group includes the pumpkins frequently used for commercially canned pumpkin. They tend to be oblong pumpkins and have tan skin.
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Pumpkin History Pumpkins are believed to have originated in North America. Seeds from related plants have been found in Mexico dating back to 7000 to 5500 B.C. References to pumpkins date back many centuries. The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word for large melon which is pepon.. Pepon was changed by the French into pompon..
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- Calabaza vine. Calabaza (West Indian pumpkin) is a large winter squash (Cucurbita moschata) that resembles a pumpkin and is typically grown in the West Indies and tropical America.. The term is also used loosely for a variety of gourds from Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean.
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Growing Pumpkins Varieties of each of the four species, discussed in this section are popularly called pumpkins, and varieties of each are called squash, more by tradition than by system. In fact, orange color sometimes helps determine what is a pumpkin. Two varieties of the same species, C. maxima, hold the records for the world's largest squash and pumpkin. The variety called squash is gray to green and larger one called a pumpkin is pinkish to orange.
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Jack O'Lanterns and The Tale Of Stingy Jack On all Hallow's eve, the Irish hollowed out Turnips, rutabagas, gourds, potatoes and beets. They placed a light in them to ward off evil spirits and keep Stingy Jack away. These were the original Jack O'Lanterns. In the 1800's a couple of waves of Irish immigrants came to America. The Irish immigrants quickly discovered that Pumpkins were bigger and easier to carve out.
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- All three species of squashes and pumpkins are native to the Western Hemisphere. C. maxima, represented now by such varieties as Hubbard, Delicious, Marblehead, Boston Marrow, and Turks Turban, apparently originated in northern Argentina near the Andes, or in certain Andean valleys.
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Pumpkin Pumpkin pie, for instance, is a traditional part of Thanksgiving meals in Canada and the United States, although commercially canned pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie fillings are usually made from different kinds of winter squash than the pumpkins frequently carved as jack-o'-lanterns for decoration around Halloween
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The Top 5 Pumpkin Producing Countries Some of these pumpkin and squash varieties probably have been cultivated as long as maize (corn), since around 3500 B.C. Pumpkins are 90 percent water and range in size from less than a pound to over 1,000 pounds with the largest pumpkin ever grown weighing 1,140 pounds..
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How To Identify SquashâDifferent Squash Types You Didnât Know About! 1. Kabocha. This winter squash type is known in New Zealand and Australia as Japanese pumpkin. This has a number of varieties such as Cutie, Emiguri, Ajihei, Miyako and Ebisu. Kabocha has a dark green coloured skin and has a shape similar to a pumpkin. The peel is hard and inside it is orange-yellow.
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- the Pumpkin is a squash, also related to gourds, in the genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae. See attached Wikipedia article. the pumpkin gets confused whether it a … fruit or veg but like the cucumber and tomato it is a fruit. 5 people found this useful.
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Jack O'Lanterns and The Tale Of Stingy Jack Jack O'Lanterns and The Tale Of Stingy Jack. The Irish brought the tradition of carving pumpkins into Jack O'Lantern to America. But, the original Jack O'Lantern was not a pumpkin. Pumpkins did not exist in Ireland. Ancient Celtic cultures in Ireland carved turnips on All Hallow's Eve, and placed an ember in them, to ward off evil spirits. The Tale of Stingy Jack and the Jack O' Lantern.
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Can Pumpkins Cross Pollinate With Squashes? These squash and pumpkin types also come in many different colors beyond the typical orange field pumpkin and yellow crook neck summer squash. These colors for other squash and pumpkin varieties include: white, yellow, tan, green, blue, red, and in some cases even pink. While many of these pumpkin and squash fruits are heirloom varieties, there are many that are hybrids that have been developed from cross breeding between the different types.
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Pumpkin Facts Pumpkin flowers are edible. Pumpkins are used to make soups, pies and breads. The largest pumpkin pie ever made was over five feet in diameter and weighed over 350 pounds. It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, 12 dozen eggs and took six hours to bake. Pumpkins are members of the vine crops family called cucurbits.
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Color Me Pumpkin Color Me Pumpkin. Pumpkins are orange.......... everybody knows that. But they come in lots of other colors too. You can find pumpkins that are green, yellow, red, white, blue, even tan. So, pumpkin lovers like you and me have lots of variety to choose from.
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cucurbita mixta The flesh is light-yellow; it is mild and slightly sweet in flavor; meaty in texture and fibrous. It is sometimes called cushaw pumpkin and is often substituted for the standard, orange, jack-o-lantern pumpkin in pie-making. The cushaw has a green summer squash flavor and scent to it.It has a smoky-ness in taste and is moist without being wet. It is used for both savory and sweet dishes and is great for northern climates because it provides vitamin C for the winter and stores very well.n addition to the plant’s tolerance for heat, the green-striped cushaw’s large, vigorous vines are resistant to the squash vine borer, which kills other squash and pumpkin plants that aren’t protected with pesticides.
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- What is the difference between pumpkins, squashes and gourds? Pumpkins, squash and gourds are members of the enormously diverse Cucurbitaceae family, which contains more than 100 genera and over 700 species. They have been providing mankind with food and utilitarian objects since before recorded history. Various members of the genus Cucurbita are known as squash or gourds.
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How to Grow Pumpkins Varieties of Pumpkins: There are literally hundreds of varieties of pumpkins, from the small miniatures which only weigh a couple of ounces, to the giant varieties that routinely show up at fall weighoffs at over 2,000 pounds and more! See the world record giant pumpkin. Pumpkins belong to the Curcurbita family.arieties of Pumpkins: There are literally hundreds of varieties of pumpkins, from the small miniatures which only weigh a couple of ounces, to the giant varieties that routinely show up at fall weighoffs at over 2,000 pounds and more! See the world record giant pumpkin. Pumpkins belong to the Curcurbita family.
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- The shape of the pedicel has received particular attention in Halloween-varieties of pumpkin or squash plants, where plant breeders are trying to optimize the size and shape of the pedicel for the best lid for a jack-o-lantern.
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- Sex offender label vexes 'Pumpkin Man'. DENNIS — Two years after being released from a New Hampshire prison and moving to Dennis, a convicted sex offender known as the Pumpkin Man has been classified a Level 3 sex offender by the state of Massachusetts.
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What's the difference in pumpkin puree and canned pumpkin? Canned pumpkin usually comes in 2 varieties, pure pumpkin puree and pie filling/pie mix. The Puree is 100% pumpkin puree with nothing added to it. The pie filling/pie mix has spices and sugar added. If you want fresh pumpkin puree, purchase a small pie pumpkin or sugar pumpkin.
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Chapter 25 The Urinary System In the kidneys, the countercurrent mechanism involves the interaction between the flow of filtrate through the loop of Henle of the juxtamedullary nephrons (the countercurrent multiplier) and the flow of blood through the limbs of adjacent blood vessels (the countercurrent exchanger).True.f the Tm for a particular amino acid is 120mg/100 ml and the concentration of that amino acid in the blood is 230 mg/100 ml, the amino acid will. appear in the urine.
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Pumpkin pie Pumpkin pie is a sweet dessert pie with a spiced, pumpkin-based custard filling. The pumpkin is a symbol of harvest time, and pumpkin pie is often eaten during the fall and early winter. In the United States and Canada, it is usually prepared for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and is also featured at Halloween.
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- You will probably not get pumpkins for Halloween. Look at the seed package for days to maturity to figure out when to plant. Maturity of pumpkins varies from 70 to 120 days. Most varieties should be planted by early July to ripen in time for Halloween.Fall is a good time to grow squashes and pumpkins in Florida.t depends on the variety and if you are growing them for size or for eating. The small-to-medium varieties may produce 4 or 5 pumpkins per plant. If you want bigger ones, you can pinch off some and stick to 2 or 3. The most common pumpkin problems/disease are probably powdery mildew and squash bugs/cucumber beetles.
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The Many Colors of Pumpkins A Star is Born! Creating Designer Pumpkins. Pumpkins mate in a way that can result in interesting colors and shapes. A lot of plants have male and female varieties, but the pumpkin and other squashes feature both sexes on the same vine. The male flowers appear first and attract the bees.
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15 Winter Squash and Pumpkins Varieties of 15. Red Kuri Pumpkins / Hokkaido Squash Westend61/Getty Images The Red Kuri squash, also called Hokkaido squash, looks like a small, red-orange pumpkin without the deep ridges in the sides. The flesh is bright orange and has a mellow, somewhat nutty flavor.
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The Top 5 Pumpkin Producing Countries In 2005, Illinois was number one among the top five pumpkin producing states, with almost 4.97 million pounds, followed by California with almost 1.6 million pounds, Ohio with 1.33 million pounds, Pennsylvania with 1.31 million pounds and Michigan with 854 thousand pounds.