Abstract：‘Hongyang pumpkin’is a new early maturing pumpkin F1 hybrid, cross-bred by taking Y-3-7-9-2-11 as female parent and Y-5-1-9 as male parent. It has early maturity, and grows vigorously. The first female flower usually sets on the 6-8 node. It takes 40 days from flowering to harvesting and 102 days from sowing to harvesting. The fruit is round and flat, with light salmon pink and fine appearance. It has orange flesh with 3.0 cm in depth and sweet taste with chest nut flavor. It has higher resistant to powdery mildew and virus disease than‘Hongmi pumpkin’. The average fruit weight is about 1.5 kg. Its yield is 45-60 t?hm-2. It is suitable for cultivation in open and protected filed in spring.
