Lady Godiva, a Squash Variety With Naked Pumpkin Seeds

By Richard D. Reed
Published on January 1, 1979
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Lady Godiva! A hybrid pumpkin selected for seeds with a light cellophane film, which makes it a 
Lady Godiva! A hybrid pumpkin selected for seeds with a light cellophane film, which makes it a "revealing" treat for your kitchen!
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Milk the naked pumpkin seeds from the center of your pumpkin by pinching the fibers between your fingers and sliding your hand up and down.
Milk the naked pumpkin seeds from the center of your pumpkin by pinching the fibers between your fingers and sliding your hand up and down.

When growing pumpkins, it’s a policy around our place to try a newly released or unusual vegetable each year. That’s how we came to know “Lady Godiva … the pumpkin with naked seeds.”

My family has always loved the taste of pumpkin seeds (either as a healthy at-home snack or for “backpacking power” out on the trail), but the typically sharp-edged, leather-hard hulls really dampened our enthusiasm for the autumn treat.

Lady Godiva, the Pumpkin With Naked Seeds

Lady Godiva has changed all that! This hybrid pumpkin features naked pumpkin seeds or seeds whose shells have been bred down to a light cellophane-like film. In the four years since we discovered Lady G. we’ve never grown any other kind of pumpkin.

Of course, the naked-seeded jack-o-lantern does have some drawbacks. If you like a rich, golden-colored pumpkin, for instance, you’ll have to look elsewhere. Godiva’s hue, even when ripe, is a yellow with pale green stripes. This fruit is also more thin-skinned and just a little less tasty than other pumpkins we’ve grown … though nobody will turn their nose up at a Lady Godiva pie! On the positive side, however, Lady G. pumpkins will keep (when stored at 50 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit) for about three months.

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