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Casper Pumpkins

Casper Pumpkins

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.”

Other names

Scientific Name: Cucurbita pepo Casper

This page first published: Mar 13, 2005 · Updated: Sep 21, 2019.

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