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Adam Funk[_3_] · 27-07-2011, 01:18 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 2011-07-25, wrote:

In article ,
Adam Funk wrote:

Aha, that's interesting. I guess C. maxima look & taste more like
C. pepo "pumpkin" than the other C. pepo varieties do?

Yes, but more so. They have harder skins, larger, rougher and harder
seeds, and are more starchy and less watery than C. pepo. In the
latter, rather like C. moschata (butternut), but are starchier and
less sweet. Queensland Blue doesn't seem to get as starchy as many
others, at least in the UK.

McGee describes C. pepo as summer squashes (incl. zucchini) and
pumpkins; whereas C. maxima refers to winter squashes. The latter
keep longer and are more suitable for storage (on flat roofs whence
they can roll onto the heads of passers-by). Wikipedia also indicates
that "pumpkins" in Australia are different from "pumpkins" elsewhe

In Australia: Specific cultivars of squash, that seem to have many
features of the winter squash, except having distinctive dark green
exterior and bright orange interior, are called pumpkins and sold
and used as pumpkins.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikiped.../Winter_squash