Pumpkin is a popular autumn delicacy in Hungary

In Hungary, according to area-based support data, pumpkins are grown on about 1,800 hectares. Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county has the largest production area (almost 600 hectares), but it is also over 200 hectares in Csongrád-Csanád, Bács-Kiskun, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén counties. One of the famous, widespread Hungarian varieties is Nagydobosi, and Kiszombori, Óvári cylindrical and Orange (ham pumpkin) are also typical. Imports have been negligible, at less than a thousand tonnes in recent years. Pumpkins are sown in late April, early May. It can be grown as a well-adapted, intermediate plant, so it can survive even in corn, but at the same time it has a high heat demand, is sensitive to frost, and its roots are extensive. Commonly called “pumpkins” are the so-called winter pumpkins: these are the ones that are harvested at their biological maturity, that is, when the seeds in them are suitable for propagation. In Hungary, the amount of consumption is slowly but surely growing from year ...