Varieties
Varieties of Pumpkin
Which variety suits you depends on site, space and taste. Here are the Pumpkin varieties with their particulars.
- ‘Atlantic Giant’You can grow the record variety ‚Atlantic Giant’ if you want a true giant; it comes from the hundred‑kilogram pumpkins of the weighing championships.
- ‘Blue Hubbard’You will find ‚Blue Hubbard’ a venerable American giant with a thick, blue‑grey shell and massive, droplet‑shaped fruits that often weigh five to ten kilos.
- ‘Gelber Zentner’You will find an old, sturdy landrace and the classic pickled and compote pumpkin of grandma's kitchen.
- ‘Muscade de Provence’A magnificent French musk pumpkin with a flat, round shape and deep ribs that make the ripe fruit look as though it were cast in bronze.
- ‘Red Kuri’Probably the most popular culinary squash in the home garden and a true all rounder.
- ‘Sweet Mama’A high yielding F1 variety of the buttercup type with dark green, flattened fruit of one to two kilos.
- ‘Uchiki Kuri’The original Japanese Hokkaido cultivar and the classic behind the name that many people simply use for the whole type.
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