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Atlantic Giant is a recent label for the round phenotypes of the giant squash (popularly called a pumpkin, depending upon fruit color) variety of the species Cucurbita maxima that was bred publicly from simple hubbard material through intermittent efforts over the past centuries.(Please see Atlantic Giant plant variety protection proceedings USDA #8500204.) As the germplasm of such a giant squash variety is commercially provocative, the label "Atlantic Giant" arose from a recent U.S. protection on the rounder phenotypes. Numerous labels were created for this variety over the past two centuries. This phenotype graduated back into the public domain, retaining the Atlantic Giant appellation. Of mention, after the Atlantic Giant protection expired, an ensuing filing was made in September of 1985 and accepted, for the oblong phenotypes of the variety, under the label Dill's Atlantic Giant. This 18-year protection expired in 2004, leaving all phenotypes, the entirety, of this originally public variety back into the public domain. The uniqueness of this variety lies in its production of fruits more massive than those produced by any other plant in the world. The heaviest Atlantic Giant on record weighed-in at 681.3 kg (1,502 pounds) and was grown by Ron Wallace in 2006. Under normal conditions the Atlantic Giant can consistently produce fruits in excess of 500 lbs. Image File history File linksMetadata 684_King_2005. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ...
Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta - rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta - zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta - trimerophytes Pteridophyta - ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants...
Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ...
Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ...
Families Cucurbitaceae (gourd family) Begoniaceae (begonia family) Datiscaceae Tetramelaceae Corynocarpaceae Coriariaceae Anisophylleaceae The Cucurbitales are an order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. ...
Genera Abobra Acanthosicyos Actinostemma Alsomitra Ampelosycios Anacaona Apatzingania Apodanthera Bambekea Benincasa Biswarea Bolbostemma Brandegea Bryonia Calycophysum Cayaponia Cephalopentandra Ceratosanthes Chalema Cionosicyos Citrullus Coccinia Cogniauxia Corallocarpus Cremastopus Ctenolepis Cucumella Cucumeropsis Cucumis Cucurbita Cucurbitella Cyclanthera Dactyliandra Dendrosicyos Dicoelospermum Dieterlea Diplocyclos Doyerea Ecballium Echinocystis Echinopepon Edgaria Elateriopsis Eureiandra Fevillea Gerrardanthus Gomphogyne Gurania Guraniopsis...
Species - fingerleaf gourd - figleaf gourd, chilacayote - wild gourd, wild pumpkin - winter squash, pumpkin - pumpkin - crookneck squash - vegetable marrow, field pumpkin References: ITIS 22365 2002-11-06 Cucurbita is a genus in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. ...
Species - hubbard squash, buttercup squash - cushaw squash C. moschata- butternut squash C. pepo- most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash References: ITIS 223652002-11-06 Hortus Third Squashes are four species of the genus Cucurbita, also called pumpkins and marrows depending on variety or the nationality of the speaker. ...
For the film, see Pumpkin (film). ...
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ...
Species - fingerleaf gourd - figleaf gourd, chilacayote - wild gourd, wild pumpkin - winter squash, pumpkin - pumpkin - crookneck squash - vegetable marrow, field pumpkin References: ITIS 22365 2002-11-06 Cucurbita is a genus in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. ...
Many people use the Atlantic Giant pumpkin variety for competition at weighoffs and harvest festivals around the world. The rounder phenotypes grow larger, so Dill's Atlantic Giant is generally unused. These gardeners tend to become extraordinarily involved with their pumpkins (see psychology: levels of human identity development). Because of the uncanny genetics of the material, there has been an aggressive and unimpeded increase in fruit weight per generation, and the stability of optimized genomic loci entails the minimal effort that is required to grow a large fruit using the variety; this nature has assured, time and time over, a result of elite fruit size by the mere effort of imbibing the seed and presenting it a modest location for growth. Numerous clubs and organizations dedicated to promoting giant "pumpkin" growing exist worldwide. In Britain, thanks have been given for successful harvests since pagan times. ...
Psychology is an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. ...
Seeds from pumpkins that have been proven to produce big pumpkins can be sold at online auctions for considerable sums of money. The highest price paid for a single pumpkin seed was $850 for a 1068 Wallace seed in 2006 [1].
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Grower clubs and organizations
Worldwide http://www.bigpumpkins.com/ GPC Great Pumpkin Commonwealth
Western U.S.
Midwestern U.S.
Southern U.S. - Southern Pumpkin Growers Association
Eastern U.S.
Outside the U.S.
Message forums mailing lists, and blogs - German Interactive Giant Pumpkin Website
- Hort.net - Pumpkin Mailing List Archives
Family trees, pumpkin data, and other seed info - AGGC
- Crampton Seeds Database
- DNAtrack - Atlantic Giant Family Trees and Pumpkin Stats
- Pumpkin Genetics @ Brian's Pumpkin Page
- Pumpkin Watch - Stats and Stuff by Don Langevin *Coming Soon*
- Giant Pumpkin Seeds - Ray Waterman
Other links - Bart Toftness's Giant Pumpkins
- Brian's Insanity
- Dr. Bills Pumpkin Patch--this website has not been updated since 2002.
- Duncan the Pumpkin
- Giant Pumpkins
- Giant Pumpkin Surgeon
- Grumpkins
- Great Pumpkin Adventures by Diana
- Henry Holmans Giant Pumpkins
- Pumpkin Karma
- Pumpkin Master
- Rick's Cool Stuff
- South African Giant Pumpkins
- Stewart's Giant Pumpkin Page
- Cliff's PumpkinZone
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