US pumpkins in Turkey
A Turkish friend of mine hand-carried a packet of jack-o-lantern
pumpkin seeds bought while in the US and planted them in one of his fields last year. The first crop came up pretty normal as I recall, though they were somewhat misshapen and huge. He collected the seeds from the harvested pumpkins and planted them this spring. The linked jpgs show some of the results. The single big one (the little glass mug next to it holds 200 ml) looks like something from a horror show. All of them resemble demons from Hell. (Pictures to follow--hopefully) -- Bob -- Bob St Francis would have done better to preach to the cats |
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Big one -- Bob -- Bob St Francis would have done better to preach to the cats |
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Smaller ones
-- Bob -- Bob St Francis would have done better to preach to the cats |
US pumpkins in Turkey
The squashes most closely resembling an American pumpkin in Turkey is
called balkabagi (literally "honey squash") and were being cultivated in an adjacent field. They're enormous. Their very thick shell makes them quite difficult to carve (I tried it for Halloween my second year in Turkey) and has a distinctly bluish tinge. https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_kaba%C4%9F%C4%B1 https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3p59l54 -- Bob St Francis would have done better to preach to the cats |
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