VegetablePumpkin
Yellow Paris Pumpkin
Yellow Paris Pumpkin is a French heirloom that delivers everything a pumpkin lover wants: substantial size, sweet flavor, and genuine culinary versatility. These vining plants produce peach-colored fruits weighing up to 50 pounds, with pale orange flesh that's equally at home in a soup pot, pie filling, or roasted as a savory side dish. Growing from seed to harvest in 110-119 days, it thrives in zones 3-13 and reaches 18-24 inches tall on sprawling vines spaced 36 inches apart. This is a non-GMO heirloom preserved by Mountain Valley Seed Co., a small family-owned operation dedicated to supplying serious growers with premium seeds.
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Growing Conditions
USDA Zone
3-13
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Moderate
Soil
Well-drained, Fertile Loam With Organic Matter
Growth Stats
24 in
Height
TypeVining
Spacing
36
Plant Profile
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Moderate
Zones
3-13
Size
24in H x ?in W
Growth
—
Care
Moderate
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Highlights
The pale orange flesh of this French heirloom carries a distinctive sweetness that makes it exceptional for both baking and soup-making. At up to 50 pounds per fruit, these are substantial pumpkins with real substance, yet they mature reliably in 110-119 days across a remarkably wide hardiness range. Coming from Mountain Valley Seed Co., a family-owned seed company known for quality, these non-GMO heirloom seeds carry the mark of careful stewardship and genuine horticultural pedigree.
Common Uses
Yellow Paris Pumpkin excels in the kitchen in ways that purely decorative pumpkins cannot match. The sweet, pale orange flesh is traditionally baked as a side dish, though it reveals its true character in velvety soups where its natural sweetness and fine texture shine. Home cooks also reach for it when making pumpkin pie filling or any preparation that benefits from tender, flavorful flesh rather than stringy mediocrity. This is a pumpkin that earns its garden space through genuine culinary performance.
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Care Instructions
Direct Sow
Sow seeds directly in the garden after the last frost date has passed and soil temperatures have warmed to at least 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Plant seeds 1 inch deep in mounded hills spaced 36 inches apart, allowing room for vines to sprawl naturally across the garden.
Harvesting
Yellow Paris Pumpkins reach harvest maturity in 110-119 days from planting. Wait until fruits develop their full peach color and the skin becomes hard enough that your fingernail cannot easily pierce it. Cut the stem with a sharp knife rather than pulling, leaving at least 2-3 inches of stem attached to the fruit. Harvest before the first fall frost, as these are frost-tender plants and even light frost will damage the fruit.
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Companion Planting
Ecology & Traits
Edible
Scientific Classification
Cucurbita pepo
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Cucurbita
Growth Habit
Vining
Native Status
L48 (NI)PR (I)CAN (W)
History & Origin
“Yellow Paris Pumpkin carries the heritage of French market gardening traditions, a variety prized for generations in European kitchen gardens for its balance of size and culinary merit. The seeds offered today trace back to Mountain Valley Seed Co., a small family-owned operation that has built its reputation on sourcing and preserving premium-quality seeds for both home growers and professional fresh market producers. This lineage of careful seed selection and stewardship ensures that gardeners today receive seeds with authentic genetic integrity, not mass-market mediocrity.”