"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Bob Hobden" asked
Decided we won't grow our normal big Atlantic Giant pumpkins and
Turks
Turbans for Halloween decoration this coming season, instead we
want
to grow
something to store and eat. Saw a blue/grey coloured, round,
pumpkin
shaped,
squash at the RHS Wisley apple weekend which made an excellent
soup
but have
forgotten the name. Anyone any idea what it may be and who sells
the
seed?
We have looked at all the usual suspects without success.

If you were in Australia, I'd recommend Queensland Blue or
Ironbark.
(The Ironbark is well named - to cut it, an axe is probably the
best
implement)

Well two of you have recommended QB so it must be OK. However it is
not the
one I'm thinking about that was more like a large Blue Kuri. I'll
have to
have a word with my friend that works at Wisley and see if he can
ask the
veg man.

Sorry, I've only now realised on rereadin what you wrote that you
didn't want a recommendation. Dumb and sloppy of me!

I had a quick look at my Martin and Rix and there is a blue there
called "Crown Prince" which is more on the round side than the Qld
Blue but also less blue. If you know what I mean.