Who knows their pumpkins??

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

A friend of mine has a pumpkin growing wild in her yard. The pumpkins look ALOT like the shape of normal pumpkins but are the color and texture of butternut squash...... I have searched all sorts of varieties, but gad I had no idea how many there were!!

Any guesses what type of pumpkin this could be??

 

[annie3001]

pic?

yeah there are sure alot of pumpkins outs there.
i saw for the first time a "white" pumpkin... it was real pretty. dont know why i didnt buy it.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

We have those, also, but I have no clue what their official variety is called.

BTW they make WONDERFUL pies!

 

[geebs]

Casper.... that is what we call em.

 

[Catstar68]

Like these? These are Long Island Cheese squash. They make the best pie!

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

You guys are SO smart! But, I don't think thats it.

I looked and the Long ISland cheese are usually shorter than tall. This one was the same size as a standard medium pumpkin. And the ribs were shallower than usual.

This one DID have deep orange flesh (smelled great too.) I had NO IDEA there were so many varieties!!!



Any other guesses??

 

[SarahFair]

Could be a mutt....

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

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You're right especially since it came up wild. Gorgeous fruit but she's afraid to eat it since it came up in a dog poo compost pile.

 

[Catstar68]

Lumina pumpkins? They are bright orange inside.

 

[HLAC]

There are more varieties of pumpkins (winter squash) than you can shake a stick at.

Around here is where they grow the Libby's pumpkins. What's interesting is that they don't look like jack-o-lantern pumpkins at all. They're tan skinned like a butternut and shaped more like a spagetti squash. I've read that they're actually a type of butternut and not a 'pumpkin'.

I grew about an acre of winter squash this year. Mostly Kabocha (Japanese type of winter squash), quite a few butternuts, acorn squash, pie type orange pumpkins, a couple of carving pumpkins (takes a breath), a 'blue pumpkin' plant, neck pumpkins and I'm probably forgetting a variety. Anyhow, I don't save seeds from them because sometimes they'll cross and then you have no idea what you're growing.