Re: Do other curcubits turn orange when ripe?
- Subject: Re: Do other curcubits turn orange when ripe?
- From: Glenn Peters g*@ll.mit.edu
- Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 08:09:55 -0400
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
cucumbers also turn orange.
Dale Fisher wrote:
>
> Dian,
>
> Yes, I've had them do that before.
>
> God Bless,
>
> Dale E Fisher
> daleefisher@starband.net
>
>
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> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> Of dian Inda
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 3:54 PM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Do other curcubits turn orange when ripe?
>
> Anybody know if other squash-type fruits turn colors like pumpkins?
>
> I Just had the first frost and all of my prevously hidden zucchini have
> been revealed, including two which are bright orange they look like
> mutant pumpkins, but this is one generation too soon for that to be a
> result of crossing (the seeds might be crossed - depends on how the bees
> went, and I'll find that out next year).
>
> I've never heard of zuccini turning orange - but since I don't know
> anyone who grows them and leaves them to get this big; I might not have
> heard of it. Anyone familiar with this?
>
> dian
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