Small Sugar Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima)
Small Sugar pumpkins are even better for pies than Connecticut Field pumpkins. Mr. Burpee described it as "a highly prolific and lovely small pumpkin; usual size approximately 10" in diameter; skin is a bright orange-yellow" when he marketed it in 1887. It's fine-grained, sweet, and syrupy, and it lasts a long time."This is the classic pie pumpkin with small, round, slightly flattened orange fruits that have very light rib indentations. Each fine-grained, stringless pumpkin averages 20cm (8") tall by 23cm (9") wide.
Botanical name : Cucurbita maxima
Common name : Small Sugar Pumpkin
Size at maturity : 8”
Days to maturity : 85-95
Light requirement : Full sun
Planting time : spring, summer
Sowing method : Direct sow
Planting depth : 1”
Plant Spacing : 24”- 36”
ships : Year-round
Average seed per ounce : Approx. 200