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Pumpkin Sweet
Pumpkin Sweet apple identification
Prized for baking, good for canning or eating. Yellow skin marbled with greenish-yellow and a brown flush. Sweet, nonacid flesh is crisp and juicy. Introduced / discovered in 1834.
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Identification
Flesh colour - White to Cream, pale yellow
Flesh colour - White to Greenish to Greenish Yellow
Fruit size - Medium
Fruit size - Large
Fruit size - Very large
Fruit shape - Short-round-conical
Fruit shape - Round
Fruit shape - Round-conical
Fruit shape - Oblong-conical
Fruit shape - Oblong
Shape features - Elliptical, Compressed, Irregular
Shape features - Anglular (flat-sided)
Shape features - Ribbed
Shape features - Prominent uneven ribs
Shape features - Unusual shape
Shape features (vertical view) - Lop-sided, unequal sides, irregular
Shape features (vertical view) - Symmetrical
Shape features (vertical view) - Variable, dissimilar shapes
Shape uniformity - Lack Uniformity in size & shape
Shape uniformity - Uniform in size, Variable in shape
Seeds - size - Small
Seeds - size - Medium
Core - Abaxile / Irregular
Core - Axile / Symmetrical
Core - Closed
Core - Open
Seeds - point - Acute
Seeds - point - Obtuse
Seeds - characteristics - Plump
Seeds - characteristics - Tufted
Core - carpels - Tufted
Core - lines - Moderate
Core - lines - Wide
Core - lines meeting - Sides of calyx tube
Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Small
Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Medium
Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Large
Calyx / Sepals - Size - Short
Calyx / Sepals - Width - Wide
Calyx Tube - Shape - Conic
Calyx Tube - Shape - Funnel
Calyx Tube - Length - Medium
Calyx Tube - Size - Large
Calyx Tube - Size - Medium
Calyx Tube - Stamen - Median
Calyx Tube - Stamen - Basal
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Pubescent
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Green with brown tips
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Open
Calyx / Sepals - Description - Erect
Russet - Present
Russet - Not present
Russet % coverage - Low
Russet % coverage - Absent
Russet details - Dots, Patches, Spots
Russet details - In stem cavity
All green or yellow - Only green or yellow present
All green or yellow - Other colors present
Skin color (when ripe) - White to Greenish to Green
Skin color (when ripe) - Yellow (+/or) Green with some Red (+/or) Pink
Skin color (when ripe) - Yellow (+/or) Green with NO Red (+/or) Pink
Skin color (when ripe) - Brown to Gray Green
Skin blush - Present
Skin blush - Not present
Skin blush (color) - Bronze to Brownish Purple
Skin blush (color) - Pink to Pinkish Red Copper
Scarf skin - Present
Scarf skin - Not present
Suture lines - Not present
Bloom - Present
Bloom - Not present
Bloom qualities - Thin White
Skin waxy or greasy - Waxy or greasy (fresh or stored)
Skin waxy or greasy - No waxiness or greasiness present
Skin feel - Smooth
Stripes - No stripes
Stem (length) - Short
Stem (length) - Medium
Stem (thickness) - Variable
Stem (thickness) - Slender
Stem (thickness) - Medium
Stem (thickness) - Thick
Stem cavity (russet) - Gray to Brown Russet
Stem cavity (russet) - Little, light russet
Stem cavity (russet) - Russet rays extening out from stem cavity
Stem cavity (russet) - Russeted or can be Russet-free
Stem cavity (russet) - Yellow to Golden Brown Russet
Stem (position) - Inclined, Oblique, laying to the side
Stem (position) - Slightly Oblique
Stem (position) - Upright
Stem (details) - Swollen at base of cavity
Stem (details) - Variable
Stem (details) - Knobby, Clubbed
Stem (color) - Brown
Stem (color) - Green
Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Compressed
Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Furrows, Corrugated
Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Variable
Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Medium
Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Deep
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Brown
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Lipped - fold of skin over stem end
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Russet
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Scarf Stripes extend from stem
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Scarf, Pale Coating
Stem Cavity (skin features) - Yellow
Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Steep, Acuminate slope
Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Oblique - slanted to one side
Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Symmetrical
Stem Cavity (top view width) - Moderate, Medium width
Stem Cavity (top view width) - Narrow
Basin skin - Yellow
Basin skin - Shiny, Smooth
Basin skin - Bloom, Scarf, Waxy, Dusty
Basin skin - Green
Basin skin - Brown
Basin skin - Silvery gray
Basin width - Narrow
Basin width - Moderate
Basin russet - Little, light russet
Basin russet - Usually Russet free
Basin (top view) - Uneven, Oblique, Slanted
Basin (top view) - Symmetrical, Round
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Tight, Acuminate
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Tight to medium slope
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Acute, Regular, Medium slope
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Obtuse, gradual slope to eye
Basin (side view slope to eye) - Variable
Basin (side view depth) - Shallow
Basin (side view depth) - Medium depth
Basin (side view depth) - Deep
Basin (side view depth) - Variable depth
Basin (protruberances) - Undulate, Furrowed, Wavy, Puckered
Basal lobes - Not present
Dots (description) - Areolar
Dots (description) - Russet
Dots (description) - White
Dots (numbers) - Moderate
Dots (numbers) - Numerous
Dots (size) - Large
Dots (size) - Medium
Dots (size) - Small
Dots (skin lenticels) - Conspicuous, prominent, distinct
Dots (spread) - From Basin lessening toward Cavity
Flesh (staining) - Yellow
Flesh (staining) - Not present
Flesh (texture) - Tender, Soft, Melting
Flesh (texture) - Crisp, Breaking into chuncks
Flesh (texture) - Firm, Hard
Flesh (texture) - Granular, Coarse, Mealy
Flesh (texture) - Moderate
Flesh (grain) - Granular, Coarse, Mealy
Flesh (juiciness) - Not Very Juicy, Dry
Using
Uses - Cooking
Uses - Drying
Flavour quality - Average
Flavour style - Sweeter
Harvest period - Mid-Late season
Harvest period - Late season
Only sweet flavor - No flavor other than sweet
Growing
Fruit bearing - Tip-bearer
First planted - Before 1950
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