Pumpkin varieties with photos and descriptions (part 2)
We continue our acquaintance with the popular pumpkin varieties grown in garden beds by summer residents in all regions of the country. Various dishes are prepared from the pulp of pumpkin, and the seeds are consumed in a dried form.
Big Moon pumpkin variety
Pumpkin Hundred Pound
In 110-140 days after germination, you can harvest the fruits of the pumpkin variety Stofuntovaya. On long, up to seven meters, lashes of the plant, yellow or orange spherical fruits are formed. Their surface is either smooth or with an implicit ribbing. The bark of huge pumpkins weighing from 10 to 50 kg is thin, flesh is loose, yellow-orange.
The value of large-fruited, as in the photo and in the description, pumpkin varieties in a high content of vitamins and minerals, organic acids and pectin. The pulp used in dietary nutrition is low in sugar. Pumpkin can be used for juicing, making any kind of food, including fresh salads.
Pumpkin Volzhskaya gray
Among large-fruited varieties, the Volzhskaya gray pumpkin stands out with a light gray shade of the peel and relatively small fruits weighing only up to 9 kg.
Crop from powerful lashes is removed 110-125 days after sowing. Only 2 bushes of such a pumpkin will not require much space on garden beds, but the harvest will delight. Pumpkins have a flattened shape with subtle segments. The bark is firm, not thick, the pulp is extremely rich in carotene, sugars and other useful substances. The consistency is medium-dense, the pulp is very tasty and has a yellowish-creamy or orange color. The variety is suitable for all types of heat treatment, drying and drying, as well as fresh consumption in juices, purees and salads.
Pumpkin variety Kupchikha
Another variety of large-fruited pumpkin of domestic selection is capable of bearing fruits weighing from 8 to 24 kg. At the same time, flattened, almost smooth pumpkins are stored without loss of quality until mid-spring of next year. The bark is light cream or light orange. The pulp is firm, with a good taste and aroma.
Hokkaido pumpkin
Among the gourmet varieties popular today, Hokkaido pumpkin stands out for its early ripening and excellent taste. The pulp of a culinary-friendly pumpkin has a sweet taste, somewhat reminiscent of chestnuts or sweet potatoes. The average weight of a pear-shaped, round or flattened pumpkin is 0.7–2.5 kg. To get a good harvest, you need to ensure regular watering.
The orange pulp of Hokkaido pumpkin, which is healthy for human health, contains many vitamins, minerals and acids. The bark can be of all shades from yellow-orange to red. But besides the most popular red varieties, there are fruits with green, grayish and almost white skin.
Both red and green pumpkin, as in the photo, suitable for making dietary soups with a creamy consistency, mashed potatoes, casseroles, juice and other healthy dishes. You can make jams, preserves and candied fruits from the pulp.
Like the Japanese pumpkin Hokkaido, many varieties of butternut pumpkin in foreign sources are called "squash", involuntarily comparing these species with squash and squash, summer representatives of the family.
It is pumpkin squash with an oily, delicate pulp and a pleasant nutmeg smell that is considered the most valuable and useful all over the world. All varieties of butternut squash are rich in carotene and sugars, the fruits are well stored, but require a lot of heat when growing.
Pumpkin nutmeg pearl
Butternut pumpkins of this variety ripen in 120-130 days. The average weight of cylindrical or oval fruits formed on vigorous plants reaches 3–6 kg. Pumpkins are covered with a thin orange bark, which hides thick, sweet, dark orange flesh, which contains a lot of sugar and carotene useful for humans.
The variety shows a high stable yield, good taste. Butternut pumpkin, as in the photo, can withstand drought, but is demanding on heat, it can be used in dietary and baby food, tasty healthy juices are obtained from the fruits and low-calorie gourmet dishes are prepared.
Pumpkin Matilda
Butternut pumpkins, as in the photo, are oblong pumpkins with a thick layer of sweet tender pulp. Indeed, pumpkin has a pleasant buttery-nutty flavor, which is especially well manifested in boiled, baked or fried form.
Slightly ribbed elongated fruits can weigh from 3 to 5 kg, with the flesh taking up most of the inside, and only a little space for the seeds in the thickened part of the Matilda pumpkin. The pulp is orange, with a sweet honey taste and aroma.
Pumpkin Pineapple F1
Outwardly, the fruits of this mid-season hybrid are similar to Matilda pumpkins, except for a completely smooth creamy bark. On the lashes, up to 6 pumpkins with excellent marketability and taste can ripen at the same time. Pear-shaped, weighing from 1.5 to 3 kg, butternut pumpkins, as in the photo, have a thin but dense peel and a sweet yellow-orange pulp with a nutmeg aroma that intensifies as it ripens.
Fruits can contain up to 10% sugar, a lot of carotene and other useful elements. This makes dishes and juices from fruits dietary and even medicinal. The culture perfectly adapts to growing conditions, is not damaged by diseases and easily tolerates storage.
Nutmeg pumpkin Vitamin
The bushes of this butternut squash form long, up to 6 meters, lashes, on which 2-3 fruits are tied. After 125–130 days, you can harvest flattened fruits weighing 5–7 kg with inconspicuous ribs.
Under the branchy orange or yellowish bark, there is a dense crunchy flesh with a rich orange hue. By the time of ripening, a lot of sugar and carotene accumulates in the fruits, which makes it possible to use pumpkins for baby and medical nutrition.
Pumpkin Gorlyanka
It is to this type of pumpkin that a person is obliged to receive the very first dishes. Pumpkin Gorlyanka or Lagenaria ordinary was well known to the most ancient civilizations, including the population of Ancient Egypt, China and India.
From the little edible fruits with a thin layer of pulp, beautiful bowls and bottles, called calabash, were obtained. But in addition to utilitarian use, Gorlyanka became one of the first decorative pumpkins, as in the photo, where not only this variety is presented, but also other amazing fruits with growths, variegated stripes and spots, in the form of pears and Turkish hats.
And the gourd itself can be almost spherical or elongated, like a giant cucumber, look like a pear or like a bizarrely curved mace.
The elongated fruits of a green pumpkin, as in the photo, are suitable for eating. They are low in calories and rich in moisture and fiber. As it ripens, the bark coarsens, and the pulp becomes thinner until it disappears completely. But the gardener uses a strong vessel made of completely natural material.