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Rouge Vif d'Etampes
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Rouge Vif d'Étampes is the French “vivid red” flattened pumpkin from Étampes—deeply lobed, brilliant red-orange, and historically linked to Cinderella imagery. Flesh is thick, orange, and suitable for soups and pâtés de potiron; less stringy than poor carving types when well grown. The heirloom remains a show fruit and serious kitchen squash. Bake in wedges, puree, or use as a natural soup bowl after roasting. Hard rind needs force to open. Flavour is sweet-earthy classic maxima.
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Growers around Étampes selected the vivid red flattened pumpkin later named Rouge Vif.
Rouge Vif d'Étampes entered wider French and international seed commerce.
American heirloom growers revived Rouge Vif as a Cinderella-type show pumpkin.
French markets and global seed savers still prized Rouge Vif for colour and flesh.