White Pumpkin Soup

Name: White Pumpkin Soup
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 large white pumpkin or orange pumpkin (5 to 6 pounds); 1 small orange pumpkin; 2½ quarts Chicken Stock (see Basics); 1 whole chicken breast; ½ pound fresh speckled butter beans, fava beans, or lima beans, shelled; ½ pound fresh speckled butter beans, fava beans, or lima beans, shelled; ½ pound fresh speckled butter beans, fava beans, or lima beans, shelled; 6 fresh cornichons, halved, or 1 small Kirby cucumber, cut into 2-inch julienne; 6 fresh cornichons, halved, or 1 small Kirby cucumber, cut into 2-inch julienne; 8 ears baby sweet corn, husked; 8 ears baby sweet corn, husked; 1 medium-size hot red frying pepper-stemmed, seeded, deveined, and cut into julienne; 1 small yellow bell pepper—stemmed, seeded, deveined, and cut into julienne; 1 ripe yellow tomato-peeled, seeded, and coarsely chopped with juices reserved; 1 ripe red tomato-peeled, seeded, and coarsely chopped with juices reserved; 3 scallions, including some of the green, cut into 2-inch julienne; 1 medium-firm ripe peach, peeled and cut into eighths; 3 Seckle pears, thinly sliced; 3 fresh figs, cut into ¼-inch slices; Salt and freshly milled black pepper; Salt and freshly milled black pepper