Michael Fuller

Cherokee Cornfield Pole Bean [multi-colored]

(Phaseolus vulgaris)

Cherokee Cornfield Pole Bean  (July 14, 2024- >

Attempt to cut a pumpkin in a spiral.

Arikara Sunflower

(Helianthus annuus)

PI 369357

Arikara Sunflower (July 14, 2024) - >

1.8 meter tall, single head, 13 cm. dia.

Cherokee Cornfield Pole Bean [multi-colored]
(Phaseolus vulgaris)

Omaha Pumpkin weight = 518 grams, diameter = 11.0 cm, height = 8.9 cm. 89 seeds weighing 14.2 grams. 

Hopi Red Dye Amaranth

(Amaranthus cruentus)

not planted in 2024

Washonge Corn (Zea mays) Ames 31675

Arikara Sunflower (Helianthus annuus).  PI 369357

Dried Omaha Pumpkin seeds in a tray purchased from the Embara nation in Panama. 

Seven of the ten Omaha pumpkins raised in individual hills along with corn and squash. The largest pumpkin (back row left side) weighed 1.245 kg. and measured 15 cm. in diameter and 13.3 cm in height; it contained 231 seeds. The smallest pumpkin (from row, center) weight 456 grams and measured 10.9 cm in diameter and 8.4 cm. in height; it proved to be rotten inside from an attack by squash bugs from underneath it).  Two immature pumpkins of very small size (160 and 275 grams) were still edible, but the seeds not fully mature; they yielded 134 and 164 seeds. 

Young Omaha pumpkin harvested because squash bugs killed the vine. It weighed 669 grams and contained 183 good seeds and 29 "flats" (I assume not viable). Neathery diced the meat and boiled - it is delicious. [I hand smashed the squash bugs.]

Anasazi Beans (not planted in 2024)

Experimental Archaeological Gardening, 2024

<- Washonge Corn tassle (July 14, 2024)

Omaha pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo)
PI 302418

Yellow crock necked summer squash

(not planted in 2024)

Hopi tobacco (Nicotine rustica)

(not planted in 2024)

The largest Omaha pumpkin weight 1245 grams and measured 15.0 cm in diameter and 13.3 cm in height. It contained 231 seeds weighing a total of 35.3 grams. It was cut into strips and dried in a dehydrator resulting in 49 grams of useable meat. 

Omaha pumpkin

(Cucurbita pepo)

PI 302418

Disks of Omaha squash drying in the sun.

Washonge Corn (Zea mays) harvested 6 Sept. 2024

Plant height = 1.47 m, 1.60 m, 1.54 m, 1.3 m, 1.63 m, 1.69 m, 1.01 m., 1.55 m, and 1.05 m. 

All kernels are white. 8 row ears

Strips of Omaha pumpkin from the dehydrator.

<- Omaha Pumpkin Bloom (July 18, 2024)

Washonge Corn (Zea mays)

Ames 31675

The name for this corn is similar to a word in the Omaha language Washkon iga ho which can be translated as "Be Strong and do well." (page 637)

UmonHon Language and Culture Center

2018 The Omaha Language and the Omaha Way. University of Nebraska, Lincoln. 

 Omaha Pumpkin Bloom (July 18, 2024) - >

Omaha pumpkin that appeared healthy when harvested had begun to rot from its bottom in contact with the soil (and squash bugs). Weight = 456 grams , diameter = 10.9 cm, and height = 8.4 cm. It contained at least 200 seeds, but they were not saved.