There were many paths for pumpkin to be introduced into China, but Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang were the earliest. At the beginning, China people mistakenly thought that pumpkin came from Japan, so it was named "Japanese pumpkin". Because Japan is in the east of China, it is also called "East pumpkin".
In addition, there is a further misunderstanding that it is produced in the Korean peninsula, so it is called "Korean melon", while the Japanese think that pumpkin comes from China, so it is called "Tang eggplant". In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, pumpkins in southern China were transplanted northward along the Grand Canal, especially in Shandong, which became an important pumpkin planting town in the north. People began to realize that this pumpkin should come from the south, and the name "pumpkin" became popular.
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1, big millstone pumpkin
Beijing excellent local variety, the first female flower was born in the eighth to tenth section of the main vine. The fruit is oblate and shaped like a millstone, with a transverse diameter of about 30 cm and a height of about 15 cm. The tender pericarp is dark green, turns reddish brown when it is fully mature, with light yellow stripes and is waxed. The pulp is orange-yellow, contains little water and tastes sweet.
2, small millstone pumpkin
Early-maturing variety, the first female flower is inserted in the eighth to tenth nodes of the main vine. The fruit is oblate and shaped like a small millstone. The tender pericarp is bluish green, and turns reddish brown when it is fully mature, with longitudinal edges. The pulp tastes sweet and the single fruit weighs about 2 kg.
3. Cowleg Pumpkin
Late-maturing variety, the fruit is long and cylindrical, the end is enlarged, and there is a seed cavity inside. The pulp is coarse and powdery, which is resistant to storage and transportation. The whole growth period is 1 10- 120 days, and the weight of single fruit is about 1.5 to 4 kg.
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