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Dawn 29-06-2006 08:16 PM

what is this mysetery vegetable?
 
Something tells me it's not "Hales Best Jumbo Cantelope" like I thought
I planted.

younger green fruit: www.reddawn.net/temp/veg2.jpg


older and starting to turn orange! : www.reddawn.net/temp/veg1.jpg



Could this be a pumpkin? (That would explain why I had orange zucchini
last week)



Dawn


betsyb 29-06-2006 10:33 PM

what is this mysetery vegetable?
 

"Dawn" wrote in message
...
Something tells me it's not "Hales Best Jumbo Cantelope" like I thought I
planted.

younger green fruit: www.reddawn.net/temp/veg2.jpg


older and starting to turn orange! : www.reddawn.net/temp/veg1.jpg



Could this be a pumpkin? (That would explain why I had orange zucchini
last week)



Dawn




Kinda looks like a pumpkin or squash of some kind? Cataba melon? I think
that is spelled wrong

Betsy



George Shirley 30-06-2006 12:28 AM

what is this mysetery vegetable?
 
Looks a whole lot like a Mexican Tatume squash. Squash and pumpkins are
all in the same family. I grow Tatume every year, best eaten at between
baseball and softball size but I let a few get very large for the
greatgrands to use as baby pumpkins at Halloween. The smaller ones are
very tasty: poke a knife into the squash a few times, put it in the
microwave at high for three or four minutes. Take it out and cut in
half, scoop out all the seeds and the connecting tissue. Make a mix of
ground pork sausage or ground meat, flavored the way you want it. Stuff
it into the two halves and microwave or bake until done. Makes a one
dish meal for two people.

George

Dawn wrote:
Something tells me it's not "Hales Best Jumbo Cantelope" like I thought
I planted.

younger green fruit: www.reddawn.net/temp/veg2.jpg


older and starting to turn orange! : www.reddawn.net/temp/veg1.jpg



Could this be a pumpkin? (That would explain why I had orange zucchini
last week)



Dawn



Pat Kiewicz 30-06-2006 12:14 PM

what is this mysetery vegetable?
 
Dawn said:

Something tells me it's not "Hales Best Jumbo Cantelope" like I thought
I planted.

younger green fruit: www.reddawn.net/temp/veg2.jpg


older and starting to turn orange! : www.reddawn.net/temp/veg1.jpg

Could this be a pumpkin? (That would explain why I had orange zucchini
last week)


Oh yeah, it's some kind of C. pepo squash. It would cross with zucchini,
but not turn them orange.
--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)


AndyS 30-06-2006 07:12 PM

what is this mysetery vegetable?
 

Dawn wrote:
Something tells me it's not "Hales Best Jumbo Cantelope" like I thought
I planted.

younger green fruit: www.reddawn.net/temp/veg2.jpg


older and starting to turn orange! : www.reddawn.net/temp/veg1.jpg



Could this be a pumpkin? (That would explain why I had orange zucchini
last week)



Dawn


Andy writes:
It looks like a punkin to me.....

I remember back in high school when a carload of us got drunk and
decided to go out in the country and raid a watermellon patch. We
grapped 3 or 4 good sized ones, and were drove away just as the
farmer was firing his shotgun ( into the air, thank God)..
When we stopped and cut the things open, we had stolen some
really nice pumpkins....... Looked a lot like your picture......
.... when we got them into the light.......

Moral: Never steal watermellons without a flashlight,...

Andy in Eureka, Texas



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