Porcelain Doll Pumpkin
Photo: Johnny's Selected Seeds |
Many growers give 25 cents from every pumpkin sold to Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation helps various organizations fund breast cancer research.
Available in the Fall.
You can buy seeds on Amazon, at NeSeed & Johnny's Selected Seeds websites.
Australian Butter Squash
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Heirloom. It looks similar to Cinderella Pumpkin, but it's more boxy and rough looking. Its skin is much paler, though. Color range: pink, salmon, yellow, light orange. It's deeply ribbed, usually weighs around 15 pounds. Its rind is hard, but the flesh is sweet and creamy (ideal for baking).
Summer and Winter varieties are available.
You can buy Australian Butter Squash seeds on Amazon
& at Seed Savers Exchange.
Galeux D'Eysines Squash
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French Heirloom. Light orange skin or pinkish, flattened, medium to large (usually around 15 pounds). Covered with white & brown warts and bumps with the hard, brownish stem. Very rich and flavorous orange flesh.
You can buy it in the Fall.
Seeds available at Rareseeds.com
Black Futsu Squash
Winter Squash, Black Futsu (Organic), Photo: Adaptive Seeds |
Available in the Fall.
Seeds to buy and at Adaptive Seeds website.
Moranga Squash
Photos: Rareseeds |
Available in the Fall.
Seeds to buy at Rareseeds website.
Usually teardrop, pear, or onion-shaped & asymmetrical looking. Pinkish or dull-orange, rugged skin. They have yellow, sweet, thick flesh.
Available in the Fall.
You can buy seeds on Amazon.
Photo: Experimental Farm Work |
It's available in a variety of colors (blue, pink, grey, brown, orange, dull-orange, pinkish, white, green, red, few of the above mixed together) and shapes (turban-like, round, round, and slightly flattened, resembling a wheel of cheese,drop-shaped). Some may have warts here and there. They can be cooked, baked, or used as decor pieces.
Seeds available at Experimental Farm Work.
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