PROSPECTS OF OIL-BEARING TVERDOKORAYA PUMPKIN
The article describes biological characteristics of the growth and development of economic and valuable characters of fruits and plants (shape – round, flattened, oval, oblong, on precocity, by weight – from 0,2 to 40 kg, in color – yellow, orange, gray, green, brown tverdokoraya pumpkin ( <i>Cucurbita pepo L.</i>) growing in the Moscow region. It is shown how to use fruits and seeds for food and medicinal purposes (high carotene, sugars, vitamin C, solids, pectin, macro-and micronutrients, juices, mashed potatoes, side dishes, pumpkin oil, halva, roasting, manufacturing drugs – tykveol, prostamol, peponen to treat enlarged prostate, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, oncology with avitominoz, etc.), the brief description of the four varieties oil-bearing tverdokoraya pumpkin (Juno, Golosemyanka, This, Glyaysdorfer Elkerbis) listed in the National Register of Breeding Achievements and approved for use is given in the article. History of the origin, cultivation technology, the prospects for the use and features of gymnosperms pumpkin in Russia and abroad (Austria, Germany) are detailed. The studies found that plants produced 1-4 fetus, total weight 3-10 kg, duration of storage of fruits was 90-120 days, the thickness of the pulp ranged from 2,0 to 3,5 cm, dark seeds differed green (varieties Danae), white (sortoobrazets 20-12), black (sortoobrazets 214-06) color.