All of the Cucurbita pepo species are edible. The hard shelled ones have thin flesh and don’t taste as good. The best eating pumpkins are not Halloween types at all, but Cucurbita moschata. Processing pumpkins for pies is usually Dickinson’s field. This is the same species as butternut winter squash.
Thank you for telling us about it! I guess some warty varieties must be edible though? Sorry for my incorrect information I got through Google.
This photo is from Wegmans so I guess they sell! They’re amazing.
All of the Cucurbita pepo species are edible. The hard shelled ones have thin flesh and don’t taste as good. The best eating pumpkins are not Halloween types at all, but Cucurbita moschata. Processing pumpkins for pies is usually Dickinson’s field. This is the same species as butternut winter squash.
Thank you! What are the white Disney pumpkins like? Edible?
There are two types, Cucurbita maxima and C. pepo. The C. pepo types tend to have an off-white color. The C. maxima types are the bright white.
You can tell the difference by the peduncle (stem attachment). C. maxima has a rougher corky looking stem.
They are both edible but have different flavors.
I want to hang out with you all day and talk about pumpkins.