Winter Luxury Pumpkin Growing
Winter luxury pumpkin growing Vines produce medium sized 5 7 lb.
Winter luxury pumpkin growing. This marvelous small pumpkin has a unique netted skin. This beautiful pumpkin was introduced by johnson stokes in 1893. I know these pumpkins don t have a long shelf life like the regular pie pumpkin so i will need to can or freeze them asap once ripe. Direct sow after last frost or soil 70 f seeds will rot in cool wet soil 5 6 seeds to a hill.
Winter luxury pie pumpkin heirloom 100 days 4 2 25 qty add to cart heirloom 1893. Start 2 seeds in 4 pulp pots that can be planted directly in the ground thin to 1 2 plants. Typical weight is 6 9 lb. Plants have long vines that provide excellent ground cover.
The skin is finely netted and color is a beautiful golden russet which is a sign of fine quality. In fact this is one of the best tasting pie pumpkins you can grow. It is enormously productive medium in size being about ten inches in diameter almost globe shaped and ripens early. It is considered an heirloom pumpkin.
Fruits average 6 9 lbs and have a netting on the exterior that give the pumpkins a velvety outer texture hence the name winter luxury. Can transplant end of last frost with row cover. Winter luxury is a great baking pumpkin makes terrific pumpkin cheesecake pies puddings muffins and pancakes. Winter luxury pumpkin is an heirloom pumpkin developed by a farmer whose name sadly was not preserved.
Johnson stokes acquired the rights to it and released it in 1893. Tangerine orange pumpkins that are blanketed with white. It is said to be the best pie pumpkin ever. Sow pumpkins to mature in september for fall market.
Winter luxury pumpkin is an open pollinated variety that is widely considered the best tasting pie pumpkin in existence. The flesh is very thick sweet and sugary and deep golden in. Makes the most velvety pumpkin pie you ll ever eat. Interestingly the original winter luxury pumpkin had a pale yellow flesh.
Wide average 6 lbs. Winter luxury makes the smoothest and most velvety pumpkin pie deep orange and slightly netted with sweet tender flesh.