Pumpkin

Pumpkin

Type	Crop
Season	Fall
Seed	Pumpkin Seeds
Growth Time	13 days
Sell Price	320g

The Pumpkin is the signature crop of Fall and one of its best earners. It sells for more than any other crop grown from seeds bought at Pierre's General Store. Nine pumpkins planted in a square can also merge into a Giant Crop. Pumpkins feed several popular recipes, two Community Center bundles, a mail quest from Caroline and the Jack-O-Lantern. Abigail, Krobus and Willy all love it, which makes it one of the most useful gifts a farm can grow. Few crops are worth planting in such large numbers.

Growing

Pierre's General Store sells Pumpkin Seeds in Fall, and JojaMart sells them at a higher price. The crop takes a long time to ripen and does not regrow. A seed planted on Fall 1 is ready in the middle of the season. A second seed planted that same day fits in just before Winter. Two full harvests per tile is the most a Fall can give without growth boosts.

Speed-Gro or Deluxe Speed-Gro is worth using on pumpkins. Shaving a few days off the first planting makes the second round safe and leaves a little slack in case a watering day is missed.

Pumpkin can grow into a Giant Crop. Nine fully grown and watered pumpkins in a three-by-three square have a small chance each morning to merge into one giant pumpkin. The chance keeps rolling every day the square stays ripe and watered. A giant pumpkin takes several swings of an Axe and drops 15 to 21 pumpkins, far more than the nine plants would give alone. Giant crops do not wither when the season changes, so a giant pumpkin can wait into Winter before it is cut. They need open soil on the valley farm, outside the Greenhouse and away from Garden Pots.

Prices

Silver, gold and iridium pumpkins sell for a quarter, a half and double the base price more. The Tiller profession adds 10% to every raw sale, and the high base price makes that bonus worth a lot over a full field.

As a vegetable, the Pumpkin goes into a Keg as Pumpkin Juice or into a Preserves Jar as pickles. Juice is worth a little more than twice the raw pumpkin, and pickles come out just below the juice. The Keg pays slightly more per pumpkin, while the jar finishes sooner. The Artisan profession adds 40% to both. Machines ignore the quality of the input, so normal pumpkins are the ones to process and high-star pumpkins are better shipped raw.

Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.

Quality	Price	Tiller (+10%)
Normal	320g	352g
Silver	400g	440g
Gold	480g	528g
Iridium	640g	704g

Uses

The Fall Crops Bundle in the Pantry asks for one Pumpkin, together with Corn, an Eggplant and a Yam. The reward is a Bee House. The Quality Crops Bundle can also take five gold-quality pumpkins as one of its options. It pays to keep the best pumpkins aside in the first Fall.

Pumpkins go into three well-known dishes. Cooking a Pumpkin with Milk makes Pumpkin Soup, and Robin mails the recipe once she is a close friend. Adding Wheat Flour, Milk and Sugar to a Pumpkin makes Pumpkin Pie, and The Queen of Sauce teaches it on television in Winter of the first year. Cooking a Pumpkin with a Yam makes Autumn's Bounty, and Demetrius sends the recipe by mail. Each of these dishes is a loved gift for someone: Sebastian loves Pumpkin Soup, Marnie loves Pumpkin Pie and Lewis loves Autumn's Bounty.

Crafting one Pumpkin with one Torch makes a Jack-O-Lantern. Pierre's booth sells the recipe during the Spirit's Eve festival, and the finished lantern gives a dim, constant light.

Caroline writes in Fall asking for a Pumpkin to carve with her daughter. This "Carving Pumpkins" quest pays gold and adds friendship with Caroline.

At the dye pots in Emily's and Haley's house, the Pumpkin counts as an orange dye.

Cooking

Cooking Pumpkin with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Autumn's Bounty		Yam (1), Pumpkin (1)
Pumpkin Pie		Pumpkin (1), Wheat Flour (1), Milk (1), Sugar (1)
Pumpkin Soup		Pumpkin (1), Milk (1)

Bundles

The Community Center asks for Pumpkin in these bundles.

Bundle	Room	Amount
Fall Crops Bundle	Pantry	1
Quality Crops Bundle	Pantry	5

Gifts

Abigail, Krobus and Willy love the Pumpkin. That is unusual for a crop, and it makes the Pumpkin an easy loved gift to stockpile. One Fall field can supply a year of gifts for all three. Abigail is the most notable case, because she dislikes almost every other vegetable.

Most other villagers like the Pumpkin. Haley, Jas, Sam and Vincent dislike it.

These villagers love receiving Pumpkin as a gift.

Villager	Image
Abigail
Krobus
Willy

All Crops

Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.

Crop	Season	Growth	Price
Blue Jazz	Spring	7 days	50g
Carrot	Spring	3 days	35g
Cauliflower	Spring	12 days	175g
Garlic	Spring	4 days	60g
Green Bean	Spring	10 days	40g
Kale	Spring	6 days	110g
Parsnip	Spring	4 days	35g
Potato	Spring	6 days	80g
Rhubarb	Spring	13 days	220g
Strawberry	Spring	8 days	120g
Tulip	Spring	6 days	30g
Unmilled Rice	Spring	-	-
Ancient Fruit	Spring, Summer, Fall	28 days	550g
Tea Leaves	Spring, Summer, Fall	20 days	-
Blueberry	Summer	13 days	50g
Hops	Summer	11 days	25g
Hot Pepper	Summer	5 days	40g
Melon	Summer	12 days	250g
Poppy	Summer	7 days	140g
Radish	Summer	6 days	90g
Red Cabbage	Summer	9 days	260g
Starfruit	Summer	13 days	750g
Summer Spangle	Summer	8 days	90g
Summer Squash	Summer	6 days	-
Tomato	Summer	11 days	60g
Corn	Summer, Fall	14 days	50g
Sunflower	Summer, Fall	8 days	80g
Wheat	Summer, Fall	4 days	25g
Amaranth	Fall	7 days	150g
Artichoke	Fall	8 days	160g
Beet	Fall	6 days	100g
Bok Choy	Fall	4 days	80g
Cranberries	Fall	7 days	-
Eggplant	Fall	5 days	60g
Fairy Rose	Fall	12 days	-
Pumpkin	Fall	13 days	320g
Sweet Gem Berry	Fall	24 days	-
Yam	Fall	10 days	160g
Powdermelon	Winter	-	60g
Broccoli	-	-	-
Cactus Fruit	-	-	75g
Grape	-	-	80g
Pineapple	-	-	-
Qi Fruit	-	-	-
Taro Root	-	10 days	100g