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Ohio

I have looked at a lot of the small to medium pumpkins variety's out there and there is only just a few I can tell apart, the rest of them I couldn't tell you a Gold pumpkin variety between a 20kt gold pumpkin variety to a Prankster to a field pumpkin variety apart.

How do you guys do this??? How can you tell them apart is what Id liked to know?, because they all look so similar to me.
Nick Welty is very good at telling the different varieties apart and tried to explain it to me at a weigh off one time ( I told him to try to explain it to me but to dont explain it to me in a 12 yr college degree doctors type explanation with big words like he usally does,lol) but I still don't get it on how he does it?
Whats the main thing you guys look at to tell the difference in the smaller to medium variety's apart? They pretty much look the same to me, the only one I can tell apart is the Phat Albert type variety, and I can only do that if they get to a big size(pumpkin gets real round and fat)

Brooks

2/2/2008 1:27:03 AM

Rhode Island

from a distance they all look alike to me brooks lol

upon further review ?

id guess the seeds with the big bottoms (the bubble butt) spend most of there time sitting dowm in one spot. and will not venture far from the food source.

the slim seeded ones ( the cindy and pete glaiser )move around a lot and do well in any area. they can adapt to any situation.

the really thick muscular seeded group ( the fred macari line ) have a lot of iron in their genetics,excellent for most beautiful competition)

if you get the wide, big bottomed, soft shell type seed
( the abby pappy) you really got a winner as well. germinates quickly after a 4 hour beer soak.

2/2/2008 8:24:59 AM

Skin color, flesh color, skin texture, rib spacing, stem length, stem width, size, shape, plant habit, plant size, disease resistance, drought resistance, competetiveness with weeds, should I go on?

A lot of differences may not be stuff you see on the actual pumpkin, but things that affect the culture of it that are important to the breeder and/or grower.

2/2/2008 10:36:41 AM

Ohio

Im sure your right Briggett,

but if I was to set 5 diffrent breed of pumpkins down that are the same size, I cant tell the diffrence, most orange pumpkins look the same to me, texture, the same, rib spacing, the same, lol. I try to look at the stem , color, ribbings but they mostly all look the same, I just cant tell.

2/2/2008 1:18:36 PM

Ohio

I do however know what a atlantic Giant looks like and I guess thats all the matters Ah?,lol

2/2/2008 1:19:51 PM

Pumpkintown, SC

Try growing commercially for a decade or two, that'll hone your skills pretty well!! BF

2/2/2008 6:41:24 PM

Rhode Island

brooks who are you kidding? after growing a 1,400 pounder you will never ever again care about a porch pumpkin or a pumpkin for pie either
pap

2/2/2008 7:05:18 PM

Ohio

LOL! Pap!

I did well last year selling the Connecticut field pumpkins, along with gourds, Indian corn and corn stalk, it was good pocket change.(for my wife)

2/2/2008 7:41:09 PM

Pumpkintown, SC

LOL, those pepos he talked about selling were probably really fully grown Prizewinners that just looked like little carvers next to his 1400 pounder. Hence this post, lol. BF

2/2/2008 11:42:23 PM

Rhode Island

conn field is a very pretty pumpkin. good color as well

2/3/2008 7:18:20 AM

Malaysia

I am looking for these small/medium size pumpkins. If anyone can help me with some seeds, I would like to grow them here in Malaysia. rev_durai@yahoo.com

2/3/2008 8:29:01 PM