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  • ... that the majority of pumpkin pies (pictured) in the United States are made with the Dickinson pumpkin?
  • Source: "Dickinson pumpkins are a variety of pumpkin that is mostly grown for making canned pumpkin to use in pumpkin pie and in other baked goods. They have mildly sweet, orange flesh with a dry, dense texture. Dickinson pumpkins are members of the squash family (Cucurbitaceae), with the botanical name of Cucurbita moschata. They're a subspecies of the same squash species that includes the crookneck, butternut, and calabaza varietals, among others. It was first cultivated in Kentucky in the early 1800s by a farmer named Elijah Dickinson. Dickinson later brought the seeds to central Illinois, where they grew so prolifically that they helped launch a vegetable processing plant that was later acquired by a Chicago-based canned food company called Libby's. Libby's still grows Dickinson pumpkins in central Illinois, although they've tweaked the cultivar a bit over the years to produce a varietal that features extra dense, sweet flesh. Today, Libby's accounts for 85 percent of the canned pumpkin market, and 100 percent of what goes in those cans is their proprietary cultivar of Dickinson pumpkin." The Spruce Eats
Created by Thriley (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 152 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 21:07, 13 November 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Thriley, this is a solid and well-sourced article. It was moved to the mainspace on 9 November, so it falls within the seven-day timeframe. I did notice a minor error: source 4 (the Adweek source) is missing its publisher in the Cite web template. The hook is interesting, and while I have some reservations about the reliability of The Spruce Eats, the editorial guidelines listed on their website satisfied me. Earwig shows no copyvio. QPQ done. Good to go! —Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） 19:21, 17 November 2024 (UTC)