Out of Your Gourd

The orange pumpkin is the most famous of the fall squashes, but if you want to decorate with a little more color and flair, consider these seasonal favorites...

Long Island Cheese Pumpkin:
pale peach;
shorter and wider with subtle ribbing
(great for baking)

Lil' Pump-Ke-Mon Pumpkin
white and orange striped;
flattened shape with slight ribbing

Cotton Candy Pumpkin
white with bright orange flesh;
medium sized with light ribbing
(perfect for a ghostly effect)

Red Warty Thing
reddish orange;
round and warty

Fairytale Pumpkin
deep orange (almost red)
coach-shaped and warbly ribbing

Kakai Pumpkin
dark green and orange;
smooth and round


Jarrahdale Pumpkin
bluish gray;
flattened
(great for baking and very unique for decorating)

Queensland Blue Pumpkin
dark bluish green;
buttercup shaped and deeply ribbed

Marina Di Chioggia Pumpkin
deep green;
heirloom pumpkin with knobby skin and lots of character

One Too Many Pumpkin:
ranging from peach to red with white marbling;
very slight ribbing
(named for the gin blossom of a bloodshot drunk)