I Have One White Pumpkin On An Orange Jack O Lantern Plant. Can You Explain How That Happens?

We purchased a Jack o lantern plant and now have both orange and white pumpkins. I’m unsure how that occurs

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#1 Comment By BushDoctor On 08/08/2023 @ 8:56 am

Pumpkins are notorious for spontaneous mutation. This is, exactly, how white pumpkins came about! Mutations were bred until all white cultivars were formed. You can continue with those seeds for more mutation, or disregard that one.

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