Demystifying Nutrition: What is a pumpkin apple?
                                
                                
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                                According to agricultural historians, the term "pumpkin apple" most famously refers to a historic American heirloom variety known as the Pumpkin Sweet apple, not a modern hybrid fruit.  Its name is derived from its large size and yellowish-orange skin, giving it a gourd-like resemblance.