Description and photos of durum pumpkin varieties

What only pumpkins does not happen: flat and round, bright orange and pale yellow, speckled and striped, in the form of a jug and serpentine. The variety of species and varieties of this vegetable is simply amazing, and gardeners are finding it harder to make a choice. How to approach the choice of pumpkin, what are the types and varieties, we will discuss in this article.

Features of durum pumpkin varieties

Pumpkin - a typical representative of the pumpkin family. This culture is distinguished by a large variety of varieties that are distinguished by the softness of the bark, taste, shape of the fruit. These characteristics distinguish three groups of pumpkins:

• nutmeg (different round or cylindrical fruits and soft crust);
• large-fruited (characterized by soft crust);
• hard-tailed (differs by woody crust and round or cylindrical fruits).

The varieties of the hard pumpkin (Cucurbitapepo L.) are prone to pulling out of sharply faceted, furrowed stalks of lashes reaching 7 meters. At the same time, there are short-stem, bush forms. Along them develop dark green five-lobed leaves with a rough, rough surface. The flowers of this vegetable culture have erect pointed petals of bright orange or rich yellow color. Pedicle pubescent and thick. After flowering, ovaries are formed, which, as they develop, change shape, pattern of bark and color. Most often, the fruits have a rounded, obovate shape and differ in yellow-orange color and ribbed surface.

Seeds of cream or yellowish-white, oval-shaped, of medium size and weighing about 0.2 g are in the middle of the fruit. A distinctive feature is a strongly indented bezel and a pointed nose. The best doughy pumpkin varieties:

• Acorn;
• Freckle;
• Suburban;
• Juno.

Hard varieties with description and photo

Today, in the post-Soviet space, more than 30 types of pumpkin are cultivated by a hard-bodied tree. We select the best varieties for those who wish to grow this type of pumpkin.

Golosemyanka

If you are looking for hard-pumped varieties of pumpkins for open ground, then you should pay attention to Golosemyanka - you can plant it in any region of our country. With proper care, this pumpkin lets the long, branched in different directions whip. The leaves of the plant are medium in size, strongly dissected, green in color with slight spotting.

The fruits of the Golomean woman are oval-shaped, with a dark green crust, smooth to the touch. Can reach up to 6 kg of weight. The flesh is yellow, not sweet to the taste, dense and crispy. Seeds without hard shell, dark green color, contain useful vitamins E, B1, B2. With proper care, you can achieve yields of 500 c / ha.

Freckle

Pumpkin variety Freckle is early ripe and intended for table consumption.It develops in the form of a bush and in most cases forms 5-6 small lashes with reduced internodes. Scour the center is also of moderate length.

Leafy plates in Freckles are light green in color, of medium size in the shape of a heavily dissected pentagon. Their surface along the venation is covered with white spot.

The fruits of this variety are small - 0.6-3 kg. They are predominantly green in color with splashes of light yellow color and have a flattened shape. The crust is medium thick, leathery, cut yellow-green at the cut.

The flesh of the freckles is yellow-orange in color, the thickness at the cut is 3 cm. It differs in juiciness, tender and sweetish (6.5% sugar content) taste with a distant pear flavor.

With the observance of agrotechnical norms, it is possible to achieve the yield of a variety of pumpkin Freckles of 365 centners per hectare, which is several dozen more than other varieties of pumpkins.

Freckles refers to moisture-loving cultures, is resistant to temperature changes, quite transportable and long stored. The disadvantages of Freckles include its susceptibility to powdery mildew infection.

Danaya

Table mid-season pumpkin.Recommended for growing on private farms. Danae develops many long lashes. Leaf color can be light and dark green with a pronounced spotting.

The fruits of this variety are round-oval, the surface is smoothed. The peel of a ripe fruit is ligneous, of medium thickness, green in color with distinct broad orange-yellow stripes. The flesh is light yellow, slightly starchy, but with a pleasant taste. The average weight of ripe fruit is 6 kg.

The yield of Danae is 360 kg / ha.

Country house

This pumpkin is mid-season dining. It has an oval fruit weighing 4.5 kg of orange-green color with a smooth hard crust. The flesh is tender, juicy, moderately sweet with a slight vanilla aroma.

Suitable for growing in different regions, compact, does not take up much space on the beds. Well preserved, taste preserves for four months. The yield of pumpkin Country - 460-610 c / ha.

Spray Orange

Mid-season pumpkin, in the period of ripening forms a compact short whip. Fruits are slightly flattened, oval-shaped. Ripe pumpkin can reach up to 5 kg.

The peel of the ripe fruit is yellow-orange, smooth to the touch.The flesh is yellow, the taste is magnificent. It is a compact plant, very convenient for growing in small areas. Like the Pumpkin Smile, Spruce Orange is perfectly preserved after harvest and is resistant to adverse weather conditions, unpretentious, tolerates drought.

Juno

The variety pumpkin Juno refers to the early table. In the process of growth pulls a lot of long lashes.

The fruits are round, the correct form. Ripe pumpkin is small - up to 4 kg. The surface is ribbed, orange with clear stripes of a more saturated color. The pulp is dense, juicy, about 3 cm thick. Quite productive - 450 kg / ha.

Gribovskaya bush

Early ripe table variety (no more than 98 days pass before the first harvest).

It belongs to the early ripe fruits and is ideal for growing in temperate latitudes. The ripe fruits of this pumpkin are cylindrical, egg-shaped and reach 4.8 kg. The color of the peel is pale orange with dark green stripes. The crust itself is hard but thin. The flesh is dark yellow with a characteristic pumpkin flavor. Often grown Gribovskoy pumpkin seedling method. Especially appreciated for not spreading around the garden, does not take up much space, is resistant to fruit rot and is slightly affected by bacteriosis and powdery mildew. The productivity of the Gribovsky pumpkin is 400 kg / ha.

Almond

Looking through the varieties of pumpkin with a description, many pay attention to the universal species. This is exactly what the mid-ripe almond pumpkin is. This culture with long lashes, the fruits of which have a mass of 4-5 kg. Ripe almond gourd round orange color. The flesh is crispy, sweet and juicy. Ideal for baby food and juices. Valued for what can persist for a long time without much effort.

Altai

Universal early maturing solid pumpkin. In the process of growth develops the average length of the lash.

The fruits of this pumpkin are ribbed, rounded. Color - yellow with orange spots. The mass of ripe fruit - 2.5-5 kg. The flesh is moderately sweet (5-6%), fibrous, yellow. Altai pumpkin is productive, cold-resistant, well preserved after harvest.

Acorn

Refers to the canteen, early pumpkins. Differs in the gastric shape of the fetus, for which it received another name - acorn. The size of the fruit is small, but the flesh has a pronounced sweet taste. The color of the pulp - light yellow, almost white, tastes like a zucchini. Acorna fruit itself can be of several types with different skin. Most commonly found with a dark green color (Table King and Table Queen).Some species come in with yellow splashes or monochromatic orange.

As you can see, the variety of pumpkin varieties provides an unlimited opportunity to experiment with the cultivation of this plant. And if your goal is a hard-faced pumpkin, then its reachability will increase significantly, if, when choosing, to pay attention to the description of the variety.