pie pumpkin
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A pie pumpkin is a small variety of pumpkin bred specifically for cooking rather than carving.
Also called sugar pumpkins, they have denser, sweeter flesh and less stringy texture than the larger jack-o'-lantern types: I picked up a pie pumpkin at the farmers market for Thanksgiving.
- squashFlatten by pressure
- gourdHard-shelled decorative fruit
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- fall harvestSeasonal crop gathering
- harvestGathering mature crops
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