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'Magic Lantern' Pumpkins
 
Sub-Category: Large
Ornamental
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Large, ornamental hybrid. 16- to 25-pound, dark orange fruit. Resistant to powdery mildew.
Days To Maturity: 115
Seed Sources:
 
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Reviewed on 09/10/2012 by Pumpkin Fun - An intermediate gardener

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Genesee, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

I have planted this variety for the second time and sadly the results are not what I hoped. The fruit are very nice size, shape and color. On the down side the handles have rotted off almost every pumpkin leaving only a small stub to try to lift the pumpkin with. I have also had more of these pumpkins rot in the field than all the other varieties I grow combined. Perhaps someone will work on this one to improve the handle and they could have a great pumpkin.....
 




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