New England Pie Pumpkin (Small Sugar)

• 20 seeds
• Open pollinated
• Distance between plants - 1-2'
• Full sun
• Water every day until established and then water every 2-3 days depending on heat waves
• Days to maturity - 105 days
• Days to germination - 7-14 days
• Fruit - 8-10"
• Cucurbita pepo

Sow: Indoors 2-3 weeks before last frost or direct seed after last frost 1’’ deep. We prefer to direct seed it into the ground so that the roots are not disturbed. An Heirloom pumpkin from New England also know as ‘Small Sugar’ from the 1863. I got the original seeds from our friends at Fedco seeds, a wonderful company in Maine, where Heron Breen is in charge of many of the squash breeding project.

Harvest: When fruit is ripe and leaves have turned brown