What is a wolf pumpkin?
Wolf pumpkin produces the most incredible handle you’ll ever see! Its 15 to 25 lb. round to oblate shaped fruit has a deep orange color with moderate ribs and thick, long, firmly attached handles. The flesh thickness is excellent, which helps to prevent flat-sided fruit and makes them deceivingly heavy for their size.
What is Kakai pumpkin?
Kakai is a 5-8 lb medium sized pumpkin and produces 2-3 pumpkins per plant. Orange with green-black stripes and deep ribs, it’s a great display pumpkin as well as a seed source. Kakai is an Austrian pumpkin also used for pressing nutrient-rich, green pumpkin oil.
Are specialty pumpkins edible?
Johnny’s lineup of specialty pumpkins offers uncommon diversity of shape, size, and color. We feature a number of dual-purpose pumpkins and squash that are ornamental as well as edible. Our edible selections have been carefully evaluated for flavor, texture, and cooking suitability.
What is a Tiger pumpkin?
A mini pumpkin primarily used for decorative and ornamental purposes as it contains little flesh. However, Tiger Stripes are edible and their squat shape renders them the perfect vessel for dips and soups.
Do purple pumpkins exist?
There are hundreds of varieties of pumpkins out there. Big, small, red, green and even purple! With that being said, Pumpkins are a very thirsty plant, and I mean VERY thirsty.
What are the weird pumpkins called?
The warty pumpkins are called “Knuckle Heads” and are part of Siegers Seed Company’s bumpy “Super Freak” series.
What is a Styrian pumpkin?
The Styrian pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo), also known as the hulless or naked-seeded pumpkin, was developed in Austria’s Styria province. The unique seeds of this cultivar have a thin coating instead of a shell, making the entire seed edible. The seeds are high in oil and may be eaten raw or roasted.
Can you eat Kakai pumpkin?
So though the kakai pumpkin itself is not a tasty edible one, it does contain lots of super nutritious edible treats inside. To choose a good kakai, select large pumpkins that feel hollow, indicating a large seed cavity with more seed treats inside!
What is the tastiest pumpkin?
11 of the Best Pumpkin Cultivars to Grow for Cooking
- Casper. You may not think of white pumpkins as something to eat instead of displaying them as unique decorations, but ‘Casper’ has delicious sweet flesh.
- Cherokee Bush.
- Cinderella.
- Cushaw Green-Striped.
- Dill’s Atlantic.
- Fairytale.
- Jarrahdale.
- Musquee De Provence.
Which is the sweetest pumpkin?
Butternut pumpkin
Butternut pumpkin: This buff-coloured, pearshaped pumpkin has dense, dry, sweet-tasting flesh, making it the most versatile type for cooking.