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Pumpkin at the Auburn Community Festival. Since the 1970s, pumpkin records have routinely been beaten. The rate of record growth has been increasing at a linear rate and does not appear to be slowing down, indicating that there are still substantial genetic and cultural improvements to be made in giant pumpkin growing. [3]
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.
JAP (or Kent) Pumpkin is the most common "pumpkin" eaten in Australia (known in other countries as a winter squash) it has a mottled/stripy dark green and cream skin. The flesh is a bright orange and the vines have been known to grow up to 15 fruit on them of at least 2 kg each. Known to grow in a wide variety of climates, it is favoured by ...
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]
Dill's Pumpkin Patch in 2004. Howard William Dill (July 11, 1934 – May 20, 2008 [1]) was a Canadian giant pumpkin breeder who patented a pumpkin seed variety called Atlantic Giant. [2] Dill was known as "The Pumpkin King" and "The father of all pumpkins". [2] Dill grew pumpkin varieties for many years in the Annapolis Valley close to Windsor ...
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the English word pumpkin derives from the Ancient Greek word πέπων (romanized pepōn), meaning 'melon'. [6] [7] Under this theory, the term transitioned through the Latin word peponem and the Middle French word pompon to the Early Modern English pompion, which was changed to pumpkin by 17th-century English colonists, shortly after encountering ...
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Cucurbita moschata is a species originating in either Central America or northern South America. [2] It includes cultivars known as squash or pumpkin. C. moschata cultivars are generally more tolerant of hot, humid weather than cultivars of C. maxima or C. pepo.