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What variety of pumpkin is this?

Chinese varieties

①Honeybourne pumpkin: early hybrids, the bottom of the fruit is enlarged, the melon body is slightly longer, similar to the papaya shape, the old ripe fruit is yellow, with light yellow spots. The flesh is fine, sweet and sticky. Full-life span of 95 days, single fruit weight of about 2 kg, strong resistance to virus disease.

② yellow wolf pumpkin: Shanghai excellent local varieties, also known as small gate pumpkin. The plant growth potential is strong, thick stem trails, more branches, long internodes. The first female flowers are born in the main vine fifteenth to sixteenth section, after every one to three sections of female flowers. The fruit is long and mallet-shaped, with a longitudinal diameter of about 45 centimeters and a transverse diameter of about 15 centimeters. The pericarp is orange-red in color, and is covered with wax dust when fully ripe. The flesh is thick, delicate and sweet, and more resistant to storage and transportation. The whole life span of 110-120 days, single fruit weight of about 1.5 kg.

3 big mill pumpkin: Beijing excellent local varieties, the first female flowers are born in the main vine eighth to tenth section. The fruit is flat round, like a mill, about 30 centimeters in diameter, about 15 centimeters high. The skin of young fruits is dark green, turning reddish-brown when fully mature

Snake pumpkin

, with light yellow stripes, covered with wax powder. The flesh is orange-yellow in color, contains little moisture, and has a sweet taste and texture.

4 small mill pumpkin: early maturity varieties, the first female flowers are born in the main vine eighth to tenth section. The fruit is flat round, like a small mill. Young fruit skin color green, fully matured into brown-red, with longitudinal ribs. The flesh is sweet and fleshy, with a single fruit weighing about 2 kilograms.

5 cow leg pumpkin: late variety, the fruit is long cylindrical, the end of the expansion, there is a seed cavity. Fruit flesh is rough, powdery flesh, resistant to storage and transportation. Full life span 110-120 days, single fruit weight of about 15 kg.

6 snake pumpkin: medium-ripe varieties, fruit snake-shaped, the end of the seed cavity is not expanded. Flesh dense, sweet flavor powder, glutinous quality. The whole life span is about 100 days.

⑦ sweet chestnut king: early hybrid generation, strong growth potential, thick stem and vine, leaf color green, the first female flower nodes 6-8 sections, can be continuous female flowers, fruiting good, fruit development period of about 40 days. Single melon weight of about 2 kg, fruit oblate, dark green pericarp, fruit neat and consistent, high commercial rate. Flesh thickness of 3.2 cm, dense flesh, high powder, good flavor and texture. Resistant to low temperature and low light, heat resistance, virus disease resistance, wide adaptability. General yield of about 2000 kilograms per mu.

8 red chestnut king: early hybrid generation, strong growth potential, thick stem and vine, leaf color green, the first female flower nodes 4-6 sections, can be continuous female flowers, good fruiting, fruit development period of 35-40 days. Single melon weight 1.5 kg or so, fruit flat round, dark green skin, fruit neat and consistent, high commercial rate. Flesh thickness of 3.0-3.2 cm, dense flesh, high powder. Resistant to low temperature and low light, resistant to virus disease, wide adaptability. The general yield is about 1800-2000 kilograms per mu.

9 chopping melon: is cucurbitaceae pumpkin, belongs to a variant of Chinese pumpkin. Its growth characteristics and planting techniques, and ordinary pumpkin is basically the same, the natural environment, soil requirements are not high, spring and summer can be planted, each melon seedling can knot 2 to 4 melons, each melon length 0.9 to 1.7 meters, weighing 6 to 9 kg. The reason why cut melon can be cut and regenerated is that it contains a large amount of plant healing element, this component can accelerate the wound recovery. The hacking gourd has green climbing vines and heart-shaped leaves with a velvety back. Homogamous, the flowers are yellow and large trumpet-shaped. Male flowers bloom at the base of the stem 30-50 centimeters, and female flowers bloom at the base of the stem 150 centimeters, usually with the main vine to bear melons, forked melons as a supplement. The melon is long and cylindrical in shape, the color of the melon is first oily green and then turns yellow, the length is usually about 120 cm, the longest can reach about 150 cm, and the diameter is 12-15 cm. The physiological maturity of the melon is 20-26 days. Chopping melon root system is developed, wide adaptability to the soil.