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Clayton, NC

I have an est. 624 in NC that's approx. 2/3 green & 1/3 orange. Would that qualify as a pumpkin in a weigh-off?

Thanks,
Olympian

9/17/2013 5:49:33 PM

Austin MN

I had a pumpkin that was all green but a little spot of orange. They called it a pumpkin.

9/17/2013 5:51:27 PM

Colorado

Yep pumpkin

9/17/2013 6:28:57 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

It would not be disqualified even if it was classified a squash. Any Orange means it is a pumpkin.

9/17/2013 7:04:45 PM

Clayton, NC

Thanks much. Cindy Ott, in the book Pumpkin - The Curious History of an American Icon (pg. 155), mentioned the DQ for a multi-colored pumpkin. I'll
stick with you guys and the Big Pumpkin website from now on.

Thank you,

Jack

9/17/2013 7:53:27 PM

Pinetops,n.c.

olympian, email me at [email protected]. i'm only about 45 minutes or so from you.

9/17/2013 10:32:24 PM

Stanwood, Washington

I believe it has to be 100% green to qualify as a squash anything else will be in the pumpkin category.

9/21/2013 10:16:48 PM

Missouri/USA

Hi all, I wanted to chime in about what qualifies as a pumpkin or not, since my book Pumpkin was mentioned. According to Don Langevin's How to Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins, the World Pumpkin Confederation had a rule that for a fruit to qualify as a pumpkin it had to be 80% orange, otherwise it was considered a squash. As of 2010, the Great Pumpkin Confederation ruled that to qualify as a pumpkin, the fruit had to be 75% orange. The GPC has since loosened the rule, but the organization still makes a distinction between a pumpkin and a squash. According to its current rules, if the fruit is 100% blue, green or grey, then it is considered a squash. Otherwise it is considered a pumpkin. They also state that the yellowing that can occur where the fruit touches the ground does not qualify the fruit as a pumpkin. If you are curious about why they still make a distinction between a pumpkin and a squash when they are botanically identical, you can find out in the pages of Pumpkin! Good Luck to all at the weigh-offs this year! Cindy Ott, author Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon

9/25/2013 1:55:32 PM

Rhode Island

the gpc rule as you mentioned ? is about as fair as fair could be.that percentage rule was noting but a farce and also left the ruling subject to favors and buddy buddy, wink wink foolishness.
perfect the way the ruling is at present. some people still enjoy growing and perfecting the green squash as a separate contest.
pap

9/27/2013 2:38:31 PM

Long Island,New York

Go Pap Go !!

9/27/2013 7:48:35 PM