https://www.pennywoodward.com.au/heirloom-vegetables-and-heritage-fruit/ Edible and Useful Plants Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.pennywoodward.com.au/heirloom-vegetables-and-heritage-fruit/#comment-63 Penny Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:46:01 +0000 https://www.pennywoodward.com.au/?p=88#comment-63 Hi Diana,
The small striped ‘pumpkin’ in the right hand photo is actually a gourd (Cucurbita pepo). Grown for its looks rather than to eat and they don’t get very big. There is a pumpkin Cucurbita maxima that gets much bigger and does have similar stripes, but not as distinct. This is known as Buttercup. I grew this last year and it is really delicious, made the best pumpkin soup I have eaten. Diggers sells seeds and you can see a picture on their website http://www.diggers.com.au.
Hope this is helpful,
Cheers Penny

]]> https://www.pennywoodward.com.au/heirloom-vegetables-and-heritage-fruit/#comment-58 Diana Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:52:33 +0000 https://www.pennywoodward.com.au/?p=88#comment-58 Hello, I have a pumpkin that looks like the small striped pumpkin in the photo and I am trying to find out what variety it is. Can you help??

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