Re: Thin Walled JOL's

I've noticed that the variety simply named "Jack O'Lantern"
produces a thinner walled fruit that is not as dense as the
Howden, and they are very easy to carve. One drawback is
that the handles break off very easily.

I prefer the "look" of the Howden over the Jack O'Lantern
however. They tend to be a deeper orange color and the handles
don't break.

Regards, Cliff




From: Fawcett Brian <scpumpkinman@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: pumpkins@hort.net
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: Thin Walled JOL's
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 08:04:20 -0700 (PDT)

For my commercially grown crop, thin walls is not a
characteristic I look for, even for my "carvers."
Thin walls equals a short life span especially for
carved pumpkins.  Now granted, I don't carve 100s of
pumpkins each, but, the ones I do carve, I want to
last as long as possible...and so do most of my
customers.  A good all-around carver that is open
pollinated would be the heirloom variety "Howden" or
"Howden Biggie."  If you are truly set on a thin
walled pumpkin, you might try one that is reported to
not last long after harvest(as the thin walls would
most likely be attributed to this).  Sorry about no
real thin wall knowledge,
                          "thick" headed SCPumpkinman.

--- Ezpumpkin@aol.com wrote:
> Can anyone help with this queston on Jack
> O'Lanterns:
>
> "......My question has
> to do with carving. Each year we purchase the best
> pumpkins to carve that
> have the thinnest walls. This year we thought we
> would grow our own to
> carve. Can you tell me which variety has the
> thinnest walls for carving?"
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Matthews
>
>  <A HREF="http://pumpkinnook.com/";>Pumpkin Nook</A>
>
>
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