Cucurbita pepo, Sweet & Small Uniform Size (Circa 1863 USA), 99 days - Small uniform pie pumpkins with long handles & a bright orange skin, avg. 4 lb. Sugar Pies are baking pumpkins. If you want to bake pies & want a pumpkin instead of squash, this is the one for you! The skin is very thin, the flesh is sweeter & substantially finer grained than a jack-o-lantern type pumpkin (they were bred for thick rinds & stability when carved . . . ). It is also quite dry which makes for a more stable pie. But its sugary flavour is what beats all others for pie making., Seed Count Approx - 8 avg
SOWING - (99 days) A warm spot, well-drained & fertile soil with plenty of composted organic matter and mulch to conserve moisture; Sow directly insitu after threat of frost has passed. Sow one inch deep in hills or rows spaced twenty four to thirty inches apart