Re: Future of pumpkins?
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Future of pumpkins?
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:18:47 EST
Gordon:
Calabasa are grown here in FL as a cash crop. They look like a round, dusky
colored butternut squash. They are popular in central American countries
because they are easy to grow in our severe weather and they ship and store
well.
Calabasa is the Spanish word for Pumpkin, although the fruits don't resemble
pumpkins as we in North America know them. They are as common to Floridians as
a Hubbard squash is to northerners.
The Calabasa we see in our markets are not very large. In fact, the largest I
have seen is about basketball size, although a local grower tells me he has
routinely seen 40 and 50 pounders.
I can see no advantages in a cross between Ags and Calabasa. Calabasa are tan-
ish in color and small. They have no ribbing, lending their appearance to a
round butternut.
Barb
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