Hondo Small Sugar Pumpkin

Suspected C. pepo species. Fruit is round, orange, and slightly ribbed. Flesh is orange and 1" thick. Fruit size averages 5.5" diameter and height, weighs 4-6lbs; standard size for a pie pumpkin. Very productive. Produced despite vine borers, but is more susceptible to squash bugs. Grown by Sydney Christensen in 2024 for the Collection Documentation Project; Sydney commented that it was a good pie pumpkin. Donated to SSE circa 2001 by Cassim Dunn (NM DU C) who received the variety in 1985 from Daniel Carmona (NM CA D). SSE Accession # 120819