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Giant pumpkins in Howard Dill's patch in Nova Scotia, Canada, 2004. Unusually large pumpkin cultivars have been sold since at least 1834, when the 'Mammoth' variety was first offered. Little formal scientific effort has gone into finding giant pumpkins, instead increasing yields have been selected by mostly ordinary growers.
Big Pumpkin is a children's book written by Erica Silverman, illustrated by S. D. Schindler, and published by Aladdin Paperbacks in 1992. The story is loosely based on a Russian folktale , " The Gigantic Turnip ", and takes place on Halloween as a witch struggles to release her pumpkin from a vine.
Big Max pumpkins at a county fair in New York Big Max is a large type of pumpkin of the species Cucurbita maxima that can exceed 150 pounds (68 kg) under ideal growing conditions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They are often bright orange in color, with fine-grained, yellow-orange flesh.
Pumpkin seed oil is a thick oil pressed from roasted seeds that appears red or green in color. [43] [44] When used for cooking or as a salad dressing, pumpkin seed oil is generally mixed with other oils because of its robust flavor. [45] Pumpkin seed oil contains fatty acids such as oleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid. [46]
Connecticut field pumpkins Green button (pattypan) squash Yellow zucchini Cooked spaghetti squash C. pepo var. styriaca. Acorn squash; Ampullaris; Aurantia; Baby Boo; Big Max pumpkin ...
The red pumpkin beetle (Aulacophora foveicollis) is a serious pest of cucurbits, especially the pumpkin, which it can defoliate. [78] Cucurbits are susceptible to diseases such as bacterial wilt ( Erwinia tracheiphila ), anthracnose ( Colletotrichum spp.), fusarium wilt ( Fusarium spp.), phytophthora blight ( Phytophthora spp. water molds ...
1068 Wallace (845 Bobier x 898 Knauss [1]) was an Atlantic Giant pumpkin grown by Ron Wallace in Rhode Island, United States during 2003. [2] The fruit's progeny includes dozens of other pumpkins over 1,000 pounds, including the 1502 Wallace in 2006, [1] at the time the heaviest pumpkin in the world. [3]
All giant pumpkins (over 300 pounds or 140 kilograms) are of this species, including the largest pumpkins ever documented, which have attained a size of 2,749.0 pounds (1,246.9 kg) as of 2023. [23] The seed of C. maxima is used in treating parasites in animals. [24]