Winter squash just means that they keep until winter, not that they are grown in winter.

I grew Amish Pie pumpkins last year. My seeds were obtained from Heirloom Seeds - I'm hoping they were what they said since I saved hundreds of seeds (perhaps you want some and you could compare them to the plants you have started). The pumpkins weren't 60-80 lbs (maybe 30-40 lbs). They were yellow and quite round when they first started out then became more pumpkin shaped and turned a tan brown-orange color. They were good keepers, made great pie and soup, sweet with thick flesh. I also grew them outside of my fenced in garden and the deer (we have a deer problem) didn't touch them.

Thanks for the offer and information. I have sent you an e-mail.

I just requested a catalog from Heirloom Seeds I can't wait to see their selections.

The plants are really taking off now and are starting to vine. We have had a few days of light rain here so that may be the reason why the are growing so fast. I will try and get another picture up in the next day or two.

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If anyone here has grown any of them I would be grateful if you can tell us what to expect and any tips would appreciated as well.

Just wanted to mention that this squash is not a c pepo but a c maxima. Makes little difference growing and eating it, but for seedsaving (in case this is what you plan to do), it could cross with other maxima and give you off-types if you used that seed next year.

Good luck with them. I wish mine would do as well as yours. With a late frost forecast for tonight, it will be a long time before mine look as good as yours. Best of luck.

Baker Creek also sell seeds of this variety.

Hi does anyone have a few Amish Pie Seeds to spare dlbww i'm sending you a e-mail. thanks lisa

Glad to hear the seed held up over time. I have a pack of 2007 Amish Pie Squash seeds from Seed Savers Exchange that would not fit in this year's space. The seed pack lists it as Cucurbita pepo, but the SSE site shows C. maxima. Fifty pound fruits sounds like it should have max in the name :)

I'm not sure what one would do with several of those squash! I'm guessing the reported 60-80 pound weights are for optimal growing conditions and that most fruits would be smaller, but it would still be ALOT of squash for my family.

Here is a link that might be useful: SSE Amish Pie Squash

naturegirl would you be willing to trade for some Turks Turban Gourd seeds or Moon and Stars Watermelons seeds. lisa

lisa831, I sent you an email.

Here is amish pie. Growing still this yr. july 2013. A pale yellow at the moment

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Picture of a little bigger heirloom pumpkin amish pie

Pretty big crop of amish pie. Lots of male and female

Pretty big crop of amish pie. Lots of male and female

That's definitely C. Maxima, from looking at the flowers and the pumpkin. Those plants look nice and healthy.

My amish pie looks nothing like that!! Weird.

My Amish pie pumpkins are green like a regular premature Jack O'Lantern pumpkin would be.