Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Lynn Montgomery" <sunfarm@toast.net>]

Dear Harvey,

    Actually, there are 3 separate species here. Cucurbita pepo includes most pumpkins and zuccini. Cucurbita moschata are the butternuts and some pumpkin types. Cucurbita maxima are hubbards and buttercups. These species do not cross with one another usually. The seeds are how you tell the difference.

Regards, Lynn

 

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:00:30 -0500
From: Harvey Ussery <harvey@themodernhomestead.us>
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] The 11 Best Foods You Aren?t Eating
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> Are winter squash seeds as good as pumpkin seeds? We don't grow
> pumpkins but do grow some winter squash.
> 
> Bruce
 
Botanically, there is no distinction between "winter squash" and
"pumpkins"--the distinction is based purely on our perceptions of
differences in varieties, types, and usage. There are of course
differences in the relative edibility and quality of the seeds, but
those are varietal differences, not botanical ones.

~Harvey

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