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9- Baby Boo Pumpkins
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| Photo: Pixabay |
Small, cute, white mini pumpkins. They are mostly used for decorating purposes. They have smooth, deeply ribbed skin and thin and often long handle. They're around 2 inches tall. Available in the Fall.
You can buy seeds on Amazon.
You can buy seeds on Amazon.
10- Butternut Squash
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| Photo: Pixabay |
It looks like a giant orange-colored pear. It typically weighs up to 5 lbs. It has orange flesh that tastes like a cross between french fries and sweet potatoes. It's harvested in Autumn.
You can buy seeds on Amazon.
You can buy seeds on Amazon.
11- Buttercup squash
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| Photos: Rareseeds |
It's small, green with rough skin, white stripes, and faint dots. Its bottom resembles turban squash, although very often it's not as distinctive. It looks very similar to kabocha squash but its flavor is not as crisp and the texture is much drier. Available in the Fall & Winter.
You can buy seeds at Rareseeds.
You can buy seeds at Rareseeds.
12- Baby Pam Pumpkin
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| Photo: Pixabay |
Sugar pumpkin type. Orange, compact, densely covered with shallow ribs. Weighs between 2 to 3 pounds. Known for its long, hard handles. Perfect for decoration and baking pies. Available in the Fall.
You can buy seeds at Harris Seeds.
You can buy seeds at Harris Seeds.
13-Big Max Squash
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| Photos: Rareseeds |
They grow big (around 100 pounds), hence the name. They are often bright orange, somewhat flattened. Their skin is rough, medium to deeply ribbed. They have yellow-orange flesh suitable for canning & pie filling. The biggest from the bunch may be quite tasteless, though. They're available in Autumn.
You can buy seeds at Rareseeds website.
You can buy seeds at Rareseeds website.
14- Big Moon Pumpkin
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| Photo: Pixabay |
It can grow up to 250 lbs. It has slightly rough skin with well-pronounced ribs. It's bright orange and has brown seeds. Perfect for decoration purposes and county fair contests. Harvested in the Fall.
You can buy seeds at Reimer Seeds website.
You can buy seeds at Reimer Seeds website.
15- Blue Hubbard Squash
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| Photo: Rareseeds |
Grey, blue or deep green-colored. It has bumpy, ribbed skin and sweet orange flesh. It weighs between 5 and 40 pounds and comes in a variety of shapes: giant pear (often curved at the top), teardrop, oval, pumpkin-like.
Available during the Fall months.
Seeds are available on Rareseeds website.
Available during the Fall months.
Seeds are available on Rareseeds website.
16- Banana Squash
It can get big (up to 3 feet!). It looks like a giant cucumber with a rugged skin. Its colors vary from light orange and light pink to deep-blue (Guatemalan variety). It has bright orange flesh and it's great for roasting.
Banana squash varieties:
Candy Roaster Squash
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| Photos: The Red Feedsack |
Heirloom. Developed and cultivated by the Cherokee People (from the Southern Appalachians). Color range: pink, dull orange, sometimes grey, blue, light green. Shapes: usually oblong (they resemble bananas or big cucumbers), sometimes pear-shaped or roundish. Weight: 8-250 pounds.
Skin: from smooth to slightly rough with barely visible ribbing.
Flesh: sweet, orange, creamy. Ideal for roasting and baking. They're available during Autumn months.
You can buy seeds at county fairs.
Skin: from smooth to slightly rough with barely visible ribbing.
Flesh: sweet, orange, creamy. Ideal for roasting and baking. They're available during Autumn months.
You can buy seeds at county fairs.
North Georgia Candy Roaster Squash
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| Candy Roaster - North Georgia Squash (Banana Squash Variety). Photo: Rareseeds |
A modern version of the Candy Roaster variety. Long, weighs from 8 to 15 lb. It's usually banana or cucumber-shaped. It's pink salmon-colored with dull-green streaks here and there. It has delicious smooth flesh.
You can buy seeds at Rareseeds website.
You can buy seeds at Rareseeds website.
Guatemalan Blue Banana Squash
Guatemalan Heirloom. Grown in South America for over 1000 years before Columbus. Usually 20 inches long but it can grow up to 2 feet!
It has an oblong shape and blue rugged skin with faint white streaks. It has yellow-orange sweet flesh. It's great for frying and roasting.
You can buy seeds at Jungseed website, A. P. Whaley Seed Co.,
and Wildrose Heritage Seed Company. Learn more about the squash.
It has an oblong shape and blue rugged skin with faint white streaks. It has yellow-orange sweet flesh. It's great for frying and roasting.
You can buy seeds at Jungseed website, A. P. Whaley Seed Co.,
and Wildrose Heritage Seed Company. Learn more about the squash.
Jumbo Pink Banana Squash
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| Photo: Rareseeds |
Grown for over 100 years. Large (it can weigh up to 40 lbs), salmon pink-colored, banana-shaped, with slightly rugged skin. Dry & sweet flesh.
You can buy seeds on Rareseeds website.
17-'Baby bear' Pumpkin
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| Photo: Pixabay |
Small or medium, cute & compact looking, often with a crazily curved handle.
Skin is orange to deep orange (sometimes slightly rough-looking). It's usually moderately & evenly ribbed. Great for making pumpkin soup and as table decor. Available in Fall & Winter.
You can buy seeds on Amazon.
Skin is orange to deep orange (sometimes slightly rough-looking). It's usually moderately & evenly ribbed. Great for making pumpkin soup and as table decor. Available in Fall & Winter.
You can buy seeds on Amazon.
18-Buffalo Gourd or Wild Pumpkin or
Cucurbita Foetidissima
Cucurbita Foetidissima
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| Photos: Outdoor Self Reliance |
Wild-growing. Found in northern Mexico and central & southwestern US. It easily survives desert environments. It's small to medium, smooth & round. It has dark-green skin with white stripes, streaks, and spots when it's young, and yellow (melon-like) peel (rind) when it's mature. Uneatable for humans. This gourd is easily recognizable because of its odor (its leaves have a very distinctive smell). Many tribes believed that buffalo gourd roots and leaves had healing properties. Its seeds were often used to make soaps and washing liquids.
It can be grown intentionally in fairly dry areas.
Although its seeds are suitable for roasting and boiling, I, personally, would stay away! Nowadays, it's usually grown for ornamental purposes.
Seeds are available on Amazon.
Although its seeds are suitable for roasting and boiling, I, personally, would stay away! Nowadays, it's usually grown for ornamental purposes.
Seeds are available on Amazon.
Similar looking, uneatable wild-growing squashes: Cucurbita californica /Cucurbita palmata, Cucurbita cordata, Cucurbita cylindrata, and Cucurbita digitata. Learn more about them below (see: coyote melon paragraph).
19-Boston Marrow
Squash
Squash
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| Photo: Rareseeds |
Teardrop or pear-shaped medium-sized squash. Bright-orange or orange-red color. It has rugged skin and sweet orange flesh. Available in the Fall.
You can buy seeds at the Rareseeds website.
You can buy seeds at the Rareseeds website.
20- Black Futsu Squash
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| Winter Squash, Black Futsu (Organic), Photo: Adaptive Seeds |
Japanese heirloom. Small, medium, or large. Its skin is deeply ribbed and covered with bumps. It has a deep green color when it's young. It slowly becomes grey, mildew-grey, and finally, orange, pinkish or brownish (when it fully ripens). Its flesh is orange and has a nutty, sweet flavor. It often looks like it's covered with mildew, but that just its charm.
Available in the Fall.
Seeds to buy and at Adaptive Seeds website.
Available in the Fall.
Seeds to buy and at Adaptive Seeds website.
21- Batwing Pumpkin Mix
Small (5-1 lb), round, smooth-skinned.
Usually, two-colored. They look like their bottom has been dipped in paint. Some have streaks all over the surface.
Colors vary- deep green, orange, yellowish. They make great ornamental pieces.
Available in the Fall.
You can buy seeds on Amazon.
Usually, two-colored. They look like their bottom has been dipped in paint. Some have streaks all over the surface.
Colors vary- deep green, orange, yellowish. They make great ornamental pieces.
Available in the Fall.
You can buy seeds on Amazon.
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