Rouge Vif d'Etampes

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Rouge Vif d'Etampes
Family	C. maxima
Type	cheese
Fruit color	red, orange
Fruit shape	round, flattened
Fruit size	large
Maturity	midseason
Variety type	heirloom
Country	France

B.C KO T

C. maxima. Very large bright orange pumpkin, flattened and slightly ribbed and shaped like a cheese wheel. 10-25 lbs, 2-3 fruits per plant. Sweet orange flesh, very good for baking or pies.

Seed source:

Pam Albert, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada 07

Year grown: 2011

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

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History

• "Rouge vif" means "vivid red" in French.
• A very old French heirloom, that was the most common pumpkin in the Central Market in Paris back in the 1880s.
• Introduced in the United States by W. Atlee Burpee in 1883. Documented by Vilmorin the same year.
• A.k.a. Bright Red Etampes, or Cinderella.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rouge Vif d'Etampes. 2011-08-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rouge Vif d'Etampes. 2011-08-21.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rouge Vif d'Etampes. 2011-08-21.

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  |Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rouge Vif d'Etampes. 2011-08-21.

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  |Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rouge Vif d'Etampes - ripe. 2011-09-17.

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  |Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rouge Vif d'Etampes - ripe. 2011-09-17.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rouge Vif d'Etampes - ripe. 2011-09-17.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rouge Vif d'Etampes - ripe. 2011-09-17.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2015		.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	.	.
2011	Fedco Seeds	4	1
2010	Fedco Seeds	4	.
2009		4	.
2008		.	.

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