Curcubits, pumpkins, squash, squmpkins--AHHH!

Okay, my turn! : )  There are (or were anyway--some
have been cultivated so long there is no longer a wild
form of the species) 4 species of true pumpkins,
including Curcubita pepo and C. maxima.  So, shouldn't
the rules be that the giant pumpkin must be a
"purebred" and have nothing in its lineage but these 4
species?  Well, here's where it gets interesting: 
MOST SUMMER SQUASHES ARE CLASSIFIED C. PEPO, AND MOST
WINTER SQUASHES ARE CLASSIFIED C. MAXIMA.

So, that makes many squash exactly the same as
pumpkins, except, of course, pumpkins have always been
thought of as round and orange and the squashes are
long, or crooknecked, green, yellow, etc.

Therefore, it seems to me that, since the genes must
be pretty identical except for color, that there
should be no distinctions in the competitions.

Several have raised questions about naming the
contest, and how the public would not care about a
"Curcubit Contest."  I think there are 4 options:
1. Leave things the way they are.
2. Call it a giant pumpkin contest, but allow any
Curcurbit to compete.
3. Call it a 'Giant Squmpkin' (because the hybridizing
has removed many of the distinctions anyway).  I think
that would get my interest, better than 'Giant
Curcubit'
4. Allow all Curcubits to enter, but dye them orange
to fool the public!  : )

What do y'all think?

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