Winter Luxury Pumpkin
Winter luxury pumpkin It s how the pumpkin s skin is supposed to look.
Winter luxury pumpkin. The winter luxury pumpkin is an heirloom breed with an intense flavor. Lovely 6 lb golden fruit has white netting and are perfect for pies. Johnson stokes acquired the rights to it and released it in 1893. Doing double duty winter luxury is not only a gorgeous ornamental but is also superb for eating.
It is said to be the best pie pumpkin ever. Fruits are 6 in. It is considered an heirloom pumpkin. Plants have long vines that provide excellent ground cover.
Nearly 100 years later we still rate this pumpkin among the best. Interestingly the original winter luxury pumpkin had a pale yellow flesh. Typical weight is 6 9 lb. Jung seed company makes the most velvety pumpkin pie you ll ever eat.
In fact this is one of the best tasting pie pumpkins you can grow. Pumpkins cucurbita spp are long season tender annuals in the cucurbitiacea family which includes cucumbers summer squash and winter squash melons and gourds. Once baked this variety mashes into a creamy blend without additional ingredients. Wide average 6 lbs.
Winter luxury pie pumpkin pumpkin. Winter luxury pumpkin is an open pollinated variety that is widely considered the best tasting pie pumpkin in existence. Perfect for pies normally grows from 6 9lbs a piece. Tangerine orange pumpkins that are blanketed with white.
Winter luxury pumpkin is an heirloom pumpkin developed by a farmer whose name sadly was not preserved. Pie pumpkins are intended for eating and have been selected for flavor texture and density of flesh. 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. This 1893 variety is the most sought after culinary pumpkin in the world because of its absolutely fiberless flesh.
It s easily recognizable by the slightly silvery film on the outside that s not mold or anything bad. It is enormously productive medium in size being about ten inches in diameter almost globe shaped and ripens early. Winter luxury pie pumpkin heirloom 100 days 4 2 25 qty add to cart heirloom 1893.