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Recipe submit by Madlyn Smith Fortna
From the Collection: ‘Fortna White Pumpkin’ Squash
Introduced to the SSE catalog in 2024 .
The ‘ Fortna White Pumpkin ’ squelch is pear - shaped with light orange build . The soma has a easy , slightly sweet taste . It is perfect for making pumpkin PIE and other pleasant-tasting dish .
This type of pumpkin has dissimilar - sized neck and cream - colored cutis with wakeful - greenish grade insignia . They weigh 5 - 8 pounds when amply grown .
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Stewardship of ‘Fortna White’
Lovers of unique heirloom pumpkins can thank the belated Wayne Fortna of Gettysburg , Pennsylvania , for the luscious , rich , and truly beautiful ‘ Fortna White ’ pumpkin . Seed Savers Exchange is thrilled to preface the ‘ Fortna White ’ as a featured From the Collection variety in 2024 .
During World War II , Wayne , a instructor , served as a armored combat vehicle commanding officer under General George S. Patton . After the state of war , he happen upon that gardening was good therapy for the PTSD he developed while in the armed forces . Sue Ellen Majer says her Father-God find solace in horticulture . It simmer down his heart and reconnected him with nature and the soil .
Noting Wayne ’s aptitude for horticulture , Carrie Stayman , his aunty , gave him some seeded player for the family ’s ‘ Fortna White ’ pumpkin vine , a cushaw - type squash with mild shape stark for baking . For near 40 years , Wayne stewarded this family heirloom with great care , ensure there would always be a white pumpkin vine pie for the family to enjoy during Thanksgiving dinner .
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After her father ’s demise in 1990 , Sue Ellen turned to the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum in Lancaster , Pennsylvania , to save the seeds of the family unit ’s wanted autumn pumpkin .
Seed Savers Exchange get ‘ Fortna White ’ pumpkin seminal fluid from Landis Valley . After evaluating it throughthe Collectionto Catalog pipeline , SSE adjudicate it was too pleasant-tasting , too productive , and too beautiful not to distribute through its catalog .
White Pumpkin Pie Recipe
Serves 8
INGREDIENTS
1 egg , slightly beaten
Wayne Fortna in his 1941 WWII commander portrait
⅔ cup saccharide
3 tablespoons flour
2 cups‘Fortna White’or other white-hot pumpkin ( cook and puréed in blender )
Scant ½ teaspoonful cloves
½ teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon bark
1 tablespoon King Golden Syrup or molasses
¼ teaspoon salinity
1- 12 - ounce can evaporated Milk River
9 - inch unbaked Proto-Indo European case
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Blend all ingredient except evaporated milk . whisk broom in the milk and pour into the Proto-Indo European shell . Sprinkle a morsel of cinnamon on top . Bake for 40 - 50 minutes or until the center of the Proto-Indo European is solid ( does n’t wiggle when shaken ) .
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