Cucurbita Pepo

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cucurbita Pepo in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cucurbita Pepo, Linn. (C. Melopepo, Linn.). Pumpkin. Figs. 1132, 1133. Annual: long-running, prickly on sts. and petioles: Lvs. 3-5-lobed, dark dull green: corolla-tube widening upwards, the pointed lobes erect; calyx-lobes narrow, not lf.-like; peduncle very hard and deeply furrowed when mature, not enlarging next the fr.: the fr. very various in form, color, season, size. Probably native to Trop. Amer., but unknown wild.—Cult, by the Indians when Amer. was discovered, in fields of maize. For studies in the nativity of the pumpkins and squashes, see De Candolle, Origin of Cultivated Plants; Gray and Trumbull, Amer. Journ. Sci. 25:372; Sturtevant, Amer. Nat. 1890:727; Witt- mack, Ber. der Deutschen Bot. Gesell. 6:378 (1888). ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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