Amadeus Schmidt wrote:

>Yes, a different trait (bottle pumpkin?).
>I recalled that, but wasn't sure.
>So I checked a little to be sure.
>I found a text in German.  It was as I recalled.
>Greek and Romans cultivated them.
>Dioskurides recommended them for several diseases.
>
>There are old world pumpkins.
>
>Amadeus
>
>(if you care to decipher some german.....)
...

Sehr interessant. Danke! Ich möchte wissen, was sie auf englisch benannt
werden.

Fredrik