Details for: PI 604506, Cucurbita moschata Duchesne, CHEESE, LARGE

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita moschata Duchesne

Top Name:

CHEESE, LARGE

Origin:

Donated – Pennsylvania, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

1961

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	10 count		PI 604506 01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Cucurbita moschata Duchesne

Top Name:

CHEESE, LARGE

Origin:

Donated – Pennsylvania, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

1961

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Donated

1961.
Pennsylvania, United States

Donor(s):

W. Atlee Burpee Company

Accession Names and Identifiers

CHEESE, LARGE

Type: Unverified name

Narrative

Info. from Corneli cat. No. 14 -- 110 days. Uses - Home, market and canning. Derives name from the cheese box shape of fruits. Fruit 7" deep, 15 inches in dia., sometimes larger. Weigh 12 to 15 lbs. Very flat shape, slightly grooved. Shell hard. Skin deep yellow. Flesh fairly thick, of fine quality and flavor. Orange-yellow.

Cucurbita moschata Duchesne

Genus:

Cucurbita

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Cucurbiteae

Nomen number:

12601

Place of publication:

Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Courges 7. 1786 (J. L. M. Poiret in F. Cuvier, Dict. sci. nat. 11:234. 1819)

Comment:

for author see Taxon 49:303-317. 2000

Verified:

06/29/2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita pepo L. var. moschata Duchesne

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	butternut pumpkin	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	butternut squash	1	Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
English	calabaza pumpkin	1	Andres, T. C. 2004. Diversity in tropical pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata): a review of infraspecific classifications. In: Lebeda, A. & H. S. Paris, eds., Progress in cucurbit genetics and breeding research. Proceedings of Cucurbitaceae 2004, the 8th EUCARPIA Meeting on cucurbit genetics and breeding 107-112.
English	cheese pumpkin	1	Bailey, L. H. 1929. The domesticated Cucurbitas; first paper. Gentes Herbarum 2:105.
English	golden cushaw	1	Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
English	pumpkin	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	squash	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	winter crookneck squash	1	Nee, M. 1990. The domestication of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 44(3 suppl.):58, 63.
English (Pakistan)	red gourd	2	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
English (Pakistan)	Spanish gourd	2	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
English (Pakistan)	squash gourd	2	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
French	citrouille	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	courge musquée	2	Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
French	pâtisson	2	Nuez, F. et al. 1993. Recolección de especies hortícolas en Ecuador. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 96:29-33.
German	Bisam-Kürbis	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
German	Moschuskürbis	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	zucca torta	2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	kikuza-kabocha	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese	abóbora-rasteira	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	auyama	2	Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). In: Hernándo Bermejo, J. E. & J. León, eds., Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Spanish	ayote	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	calabaza moscada	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	calabaza pellejo	2	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish	chicamita	2	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish	lacayote	2	Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Spanish	sequaloa	2	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Spanish	zapallo	2	Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). In: Hernándo Bermejo, J. E. & J. León, eds., Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Spanish (Peru)	loche	2	Leiva González, S. et al. 2015. Cucurbitáceas utilizadas como alimentos en el Perú prehispánico. Arnaldoa 22:439-478.
Transcribed Chinese	nan gua	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	hobag	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:94-95.
Urdu (Pakistan)	halva kaddu	2	Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Availability
GROWTH	GROWTH HABIT	GROWTH HABIT OF THE PLANT	2 - VINE	S9.CUCURBITA.98	Not Available
GROWTH	PLANT UNIFORMITY	PLANT UNIFORMITY	9 - EXCELLENT	S9.CUCURBITA.98	Not Available
GROWTH	PLANT VIGOR	PLANT VIGOR	9 - EXCELLENT	S9.CUCURBITA.98	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT LENGTH	FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS	10	S9.CUCURBITA.98	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT DIAMETER	FRUIT WIDTH (DIAMETER) IN CENTIMETERS	28	S9.CUCURBITA.98	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT COLOR	MATURE FRUIT COLOR	4 - GRAY STRIPED	S9.CUCURBITA.98	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH COLOR	FLESH COLOR	4 - MEDIUM ORANGE	S9.CUCURBITA.98	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH DEPTH	FLESH DEPTH MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS	4	S9.CUCURBITA.98	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT SPOTTING	FRUIT SPOTTING	1 - SLIGHT	S9.CUCURBITA.98	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	MATURITY	RELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION	1 - EARLY	S9.CUCURBITA.98	Not Available
PRODUCTION	FRUIT SET	FRUIT SET	9 - EXCELLENT	S9.CUCURBITA.98	Not Available
PRODUCTION	FRUIT WEIGHT	FRUIT WEIGHT MEASURED IN KILOGRAMS	5	S9.CUCURBITA.98	Not Available