A USDA No. 1 Pumpkin is:

Well Matured	Well Matured	This would not be considered well matured

A USDA No. 1 Pumpkin must be free from:

Soft Rot	Unhealed Scars on Fruit	Unhealed Scars on Stem
Dirt	Breaks or Cracks	Freezing

Photos below illustrate categories of damage specified in USDA No. 1 criteria. Check criteria for allowable limits.

Scars: on surface and corked over	Dry Rot

Created by C. Gunter and E. Maynard, Purdue University 2006. Based on US Standards for Grades of Fall and Winter Type Squash and Pumpkin, 10-13-1983 reprinted 01-97. Page last revised 07-26-06.

This project made possible by financial assistance from Indiana's Office of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Value-Added Research Grant Program.