Grades of sweet pumpkin

Pumpkin, perhaps, has the greatest number of varieties, species and subspecies among all vegetables. In food, table varieties are used. And when we choose a pumpkin in the market or in the store, we try to find the sweetest fruit. Let's find out which kind of pumpkin is the sweetest.

Early ripe varieties of sweet pumpkin

They ripen for 92-104 days, but can not be stored for longer than one month. To such grades carry:

1. Spaghetti is an early-ripening hard-boiled pumpkin. The outstretched fruit looks like a melon. Yellow sweet pulp with notes of lemon and walnut during cooking breaks up into separate fibers, similar to spaghetti.
2. Russian woman - large-early ripening pumpkin. The bright orange fruit is like a top. The orange tender flesh has a melon flavor. The variety is high-yielding and cold-resistant.
3. Candy is an early-ripening, large-berry variety. It has roundish red-orange fruits. The dark orange pulp is very sweet, juicy and dense. The variety is rich in vitamin C.

Medium-ripening varieties of sweet pumpkin

This pumpkin ripens on average for four months. The medium-ripened varieties include:

1. Almond - medium-ripening grade of solid-grained pumpkin. The fruits have orange pulp, very sweet juicy and crunchy.
2. Kherson - a large-berry variety. The fruits of gray color are flat, smooth. Pulp is sweet, juicy, crunchy.

Late-ripening varieties of sweet pumpkin

For ripening such a pumpkin is sometimes necessary for up to 200 days. It can be stored for 6 months. These varieties of pumpkin are recommended to grow in southern regions. Such varieties include:

1. Marble - late-ripening large-fruited pumpkin. Round tuberculate fruits have a dark green color. Orange pulp is very sweet, dense and crispy. The variety is rich in carotene and is useful in fresh form.
2. The winter dining room is a large-fruited late-ripening pumpkin variety. Segmented light gray fruits have a flattened shape. Orange pulp is very sweet and tasty.
3. Butternat - late- ripened muscatine pumpkin, according to the description of the variety, has small pear-shaped fruits of yellow-brown or light-orange color. Bright orange pulp is very sweet and oily, has a nutty taste, therefore it has another name "Muscat" or "Nut".
4. Vitamin is another late-ripening variety of Muscat Pumpkin. Has a green oval fruit. Pulp is sweet, tender and crispy. Pumpkin is very useful in fresh form, it is used in baby food and for making juice .