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Default White pumpkins?

Nancy Young wrote:
> Ken wrote:
>> Yesterday at Wal-Mart I saw a bin full of white pumpkins! Never saw
>> them that color before. I don't buy pumpkins but thought it was
>> curious. They're for jack o'lanterns I assume. I think I would prefer
>> orange ones for that.

>
> Ghost pumpkins. People use them in fall decorations, though I assume
> they also eat them. I even saw the miniature pumpkin gourds
> in white. Very cute.
>
> nancy



If it's a "sugar pumpkin" it's for eating, although I suppose you can eat
the other ones, too. I've never seen white pumpkins but that doesn't mean
anything

Jill