Canned pumpkins come almost exclusively from one town in Illinois. They're
almost all mechanically harvested since bruising of the outer flesh isn't the
issue it would be with Jack-o-lantern pumpkins.
Strangely pumpkins hate it being too wet more than too dry. If its too wet they
get the white powdery mildew. Normally a big problem for us here in north
central MA. My cucumbers and squashes are usually done by late August. This
year they made it until mid-September.
-Curt
On Sunday, September 27, 2020, 9:56:56 AM EDT, Dwight Giles via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
It has been a very hot and dry summer in NE-record drought.
Dwight E. Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 9:13 AM Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> The vast majority of the pie filling pumpkins are grown in a small area in
> Iowa (I think) -- a specific variety that isn't common elsewhere. Those
> big decorative pumpkins don't make good pies, you want the small "sugar" or
> New England Field ones. The big ones have watery slop for pulp when cooked.
>
> Production problems have been more common up that way the last couple
> years. Excessive rainfall, too cold too late, too hot and dry too early.
> And this year the field labor to pick them probably came down with CoVid
> 19, it's the same immigrant (often illegal) labor that handles nearly all
> commercial produce in the US.
>
> Peter
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