Apparently, ‘Kafr Saad’ (C. moschata) pumpkin plants raised from chilled seeds produced significantly
higher yield whether grown at 100 or 75 or 50 cm apart (Table 1, A). When grown at 100 cm in-row spaces, the
harvested fruit yield from these plants recorded 36.00 % (2010) and 40.44 % (2011) increase over the yield of
plants raised from untreated seeds. At 75 cm within-row spaces, the increase was 66.9% and 66.4% (2010 and
2011, respectively). Plants of chilled seeds grown 50 apart showed 56.2% and 58.5% increased fruit yield in
2010 and 2011, respectively. The highest fruit yield was harvested from the plants raised from pre-sowing
chilled seeds planted 75 apart in both years of the study. Such fruits were sized, on average, 5 kg (Table 1, B).
The fruit flesh tissues had higher TSS (Table 1, C), dry matter (Table 1, D)