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Post by daylilydude on Nov 20, 2011 6:59:00 GMT -5
Why is a pumpkin considered as a gourd and not a fruit... or am I way off base here?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Nov 20, 2011 11:12:56 GMT -5
I thought gourds were simply squash that become very hard, thus inedible...not all in one species or anything like that. Maybe the term is simply a term used for fruits that become very hard, though I have never heard of any that get as hard as the regular gourd, and definitely not pumpkins. And I would think that gourds would also be considered a fruit.
I know that some gourds that become very hard, and are used as gourds when ripe, are eaten when immature in Asia, and probably elsewhere, too. I tried growing the bottleneck gourd, for this reason, but it succumbed to a disease, while another winter squash did great!
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Post by paulf on Nov 20, 2011 14:09:32 GMT -5
Is this another fruit or vegetable question? I consider squashes and the rest of the family vegetables.
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Post by littleminnie on Nov 21, 2011 20:01:12 GMT -5
Every fruiting member of a plant is a fruit, horticulturally, but things get blurred for eating.
Fruits: berries tomatoes melons peppers eggplant zucchini squash pumpkins chilies each pea each bean each kernel of corn radish pods beet seeds okra
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