not very tasty pumpkin

[artichoke]

Hello, Supersprout, thank you, a very useful list distinguishing various cucurbit species and cultivars. Just one thing:

The FAMILY is CUCURBITACEAE

The GENUS is Cucurbita

The SPECIES are all, as you say,  Cucurbita pepo,  C. moschata etc.

Sorry....as a botanical illustrator I have illustrated masses of different Cucurbitaceae species for Kew specialists and others, and I had to use these distinctions carefully.

[artichoke]

[supersprout]

 :-[
Now I know better! :P ;)
I bet that was a wonderful job drawing all those cucurbitaceae (great word for scrabble) ;D ;D ;D

[Squashfan]

 I came back from hols recently to a pumpkin rotting on my counter. Yucky  :-X! I may take care of a few more this weekend as they are getting in the way now.

[supersprout]

When you say 'take care of' .... what lies in store for them squashmad?
(no pun intended) ;D ;D ;D