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80 - Munchkin Pumpkin
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| Photo: Pixabay |
It looks similar to Jack-be-little and Jack-be-quick. It is slightly bigger and has a bit more flesh. The skin is lighter (light orange-yellow) and less crumpled. It's perfect for stuffing, baking, and as a decor piece.
Available in the Fall.
Seeds to buy on Amazon & at Sarah Raven.
Available in the Fall.
Seeds to buy on Amazon & at Sarah Raven.
81 - Mammoth Gold Pumpkin
Averaging from 40 to 100 pounds. Perfect for carving purposes. It's usually round (sometimes more oblong) with smooth orange skin. Ribbing is often less pronounced, sometimes almost invisible. The flesh can be used for pies.
You can buy it in the Fall.
Seeds available on Amazon.
You can buy it in the Fall.
Seeds available on Amazon.
82 - Moonshine Pumpkin
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| Photo: Pixabay |
Small to medium. Round, white, smooth-skinned with symmetrical ribs. It has a hard, green, or grey handle. Exceptional ornamental piece.
You can buy it in the Fall.
Seeds available on Amazon.
You can buy it in the Fall.
Seeds available on Amazon.
83 - Musquee de Provence
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| Photos: Pixabay |
A French Heirloom. Usually, weighs around 20 lb. Exceptionally beautiful: flattened with deep ribs (it looks like a wheel of cheese). It's green and grey when immature, brown when fully mature. Full of orange, thick flesh.
To buy in Autumn.
Seeds available on Amazon & at Rareseeds website.
To buy in Autumn.
Seeds available on Amazon & at Rareseeds website.
Please note: Mini Musk is the smaller variant of Musquee de Provence.
84 - Marina Di Chioggia
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| Pixabay |
Unique heirloom pumpkin. Small to medium. Flattened, often turban shaped. Its skin is completely covered with bumps and warts. Color range: grey, blue, green, deep- green. It has yellow-orange sweet flesh.
Available in the Fall season.
You can buy seeds on Amazon & at Rareseeds website.
Available in the Fall season.
You can buy seeds on Amazon & at Rareseeds website.
85- Marrow
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| Pixabay |
Available in the late Summer.
You can buy seeds on Amazon.
86 - Mandan Squash
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| Photo: William Schlegel |
A Native American Heirloom. Originally, grown by Mandan Indians. It's small (around 2 lbs), round, and fairly smooth. It has white or cream-colored skin with deep-green streaks and spots. Its flesh is light-colored. It's extremely rare today.
You can buy seeds at Sandhill Preservation Center
& at the Museum of The Fur Trade.
You can buy seeds at Sandhill Preservation Center
& at the Museum of The Fur Trade.
87 - Musquee de Maroc
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| Photos: Rareseeds |
A Moroccan Heirloom. Small to medium. Round, oblong, or pear-shaped. It has dull-orange or buff skin covered with green and yellow warts.
Available in the Fall.
You can buy seeds on Amazon or at Rareseeds website.
Available in the Fall.
You can buy seeds on Amazon or at Rareseeds website.
88 - Moranga Squash
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| Photos: Rareseeds |
Hard to find heirloom squash from Brazil. Medium-sized, wide, flattened, deeply ribbed. Salmon or pink-colored.
Available in the Fall.
Seeds to buy at Rareseeds website.
Available in the Fall.
Seeds to buy at Rareseeds website.
89 - Mellow Yellow
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| Photo: Johnny's Selected Seeds |
Hybrid. Lemon yellow-colored. Medium and large. Round (sometimes slightly boxy). Densely ribbed with a pronounced stem.
Available in the late Summer and early Fall.
You can buy seeds on Amazon & at Johnny's Selected Seeds.
Available in the late Summer and early Fall.
You can buy seeds on Amazon & at Johnny's Selected Seeds.
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