Red skin color is found
in C. maxima. Name = Red; Symbol = Rd
Red is dominant over green, white, yellow gray
Barb Kincaid plans to send some some seeds of
Subject: AG Skin & Flesh Color
Date: 13 Apr 99
From: COMPUTRESE@aol.com
To answer your question on red pumpkins, yes, there are red pumpkins. I grew some last year. This variety is called "Rouge Vif D'Etampes", or Cinderella pumpkins. The interesting thing about these is, the skin is thick, dark red like a turban squash, and very dense, dark flesh ideal for baking and eating.
Shape: flat cheese-wheel shaped fruit, round and 16-18 inches diameter. Their stems are very long to accommodate the growing fruit. I have several photos of the Rouge Vif that I grew last year.
They are very prolific, and vine everywhere. Very lovely plants to grow. I recommend them highly.
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Another trait we AG growers look for is a plant that produces female blooms with 6 or more "lobes" on the stigma. Also, squash are no surprise. If the baby pumpkin beneath the female flower is green, that's a squash; yellow is a pumpkin.
I have found that growers who have squash report tougher skin, thicker walls and overall happiness with the outcome.
These fruit look just like a lerge green pumpkin. Greens are varying shades of green like a dark green hubbard, to a lighter gray/green.
Barb
Rouge Vif D'Etampes are a red to reddish orange C. Maxima.
Red Kuri is another red C. Maxima from Japan.
Shaun
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