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'Orange Striped Cushaw' Pumpkins

Sub-Category:	Large Pie (Culinary)

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Description:	Large, heirloom pie (culinary) pumpkin. Vines bear 25- to 30-pound, pear-shaped, crooked-necked fruit with hard, thin, smooth, creamy-white skin streaked with green and orange.
Days To Maturity:	110
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Rating Summary

Overall: (5.0 Stars) Taste: (4.0 Stars) Yield: (4.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)

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Reviewed on 05/30/2008 by farmerdill - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Richmond, Georgia, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
A very productive cushaw. It is smaller than the Green Striped, but shape , taste and production are similar. It is a very pretty color and shape and excels as an ornamental pumpkin/squash.


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