Casper Pumpkins. Conger Design / Pixabay.com / 2016 / CC0 1.0
Casper pumpkins have smooth, white rind with a bluish tinge at times, though less so than many other white varieties, with a tan coloured handle.They grow to be 45 to 60 cm (18 to 24 inches) wide by 20 to 25 cm (8 to 10 inches) tall, and weigh 4 ½ kg to 9 kg (10 to 20 pounds.)
They have good tasting, dark-orange flesh.
100 days from seed.
Cooking Tips
For use as a vegetable or in pies.
History Notes
Casper pumpkins were developed by a Jerry Howell of Fonthill, Ontario (near Niagara Falls, Canada.)
One of the parents was a Shamrock Pumpkin.
Released 1992.
Language Notes
Was first called “Blanco.”