Have you thought about what types of pumpkins you will decorate your house with this Fall? You do not need to settle for a generic orange pumpkin. There are over 150 types of pumpkins our here. Pumpkins come in all different shapes and sizes. So, it's not enough to put a pumpkin on your doorstep at Halloween time. Pumpkin types are numerous, but before choosing one, it's important to know what you are looking and to familiarize yourself with all of the options.
Pumpkin-related terms
Shape: Pumpkins can be in round, squat, tall, long forms, etc.
Texture: Pumpkin's surface is bumpy, slightly rough, smooth.
Size: Medium, big, small, sometimes according to weight.
Skin: Outside part of the pumpkin.
Carvability: Explains the ability to carve a pumpkin into a Jack-O-lantern
Flesh: Inside part of the pumpkin, used for cooking.
Types of Pumpkins
Pumpkins are available in different sizes, colors, and shapes. No matter if you’re just starting your family garden or have been growing pumpkins for years, chances are that you’ll find one that matches your needs. This list focuses on a few of the most popular types, which you might want to consider if you love pumpkins.
1. Classic Oranges
Usually, when you think about pumpkins, you have to imagine the color of pumpkin orange only. There are many colors of pumpkins in different sizes and shapes, and for eating or carving for both purposes.
These pumpkins include:
Autumn Gold
The Jack O'Lantern pumpkin
Sugar
Connecticut Field Pumpkin
Winter Luxury
2. White Pumpkins
White pumpkins can be used for decorating thanks to their striking ivory color. Most show up beautifully when placed against dark surfaces such as pine bark mulch, moss, and dark indoor planters. The contrast of dark versus light is what helps make these white pumpkins stand out.
These pumpkins include:
Baby Boo
Lumina
Casper
White Ghost (also known as Valencia)
White Pie
3. Green Pumpkins
Greens have quite a resemblance with squat ones, but they are right pumpkins. They have both natural and artificial factors. Mainly used for harvesting methods, pumpkins come in a vast range of light and dark green shades or multicolored.
These pumpkins include:
Fairytale
Green Striped Cushaw
4. Blue Pumpkins
The blues is a very small group of pumpkins. The ones you will see this time of year are blue and blue-gray, but there are also sky-blue pumpkins and blackish-bluish ones.
These pumpkins include:
Blue Lakota
Blue Max
Kabocha
Jarrahdale
5. Red-Orang Pumpkins
Bright, good-looking pumpkins usually turn into a carriage of Disney's classical animation; for Cinderella purposes, they are the favorite ones to use in decoration since the 1800s.
These pumpkins include:
Cinderella
Lakota
6. Pumpkins for a Good Cause
The very first pumpkins were highly developing and well known for a good cause only. They exist mainly used for the awareness of breast cancer, an effective procedure of these pumpkins of sale percentage has benefits in pink patch foundation.
These pumpkins include:
Porcelain Doll Pink Pumpkin
7. The Big Boys Pumpkins
Fat, giant, bulky monster size pumpkins count in stars of fairs and harvest festivals also, used to earn for award purpose with a cash prize. In other places, the races of giant pumpkins held with a huge world record. Jumbo size eye-catchy pumpkins use to display in public places. With substantial body, pumpkins are lack taste and not grown for eating.
There are some heavyweight's pumpkins:
Atlantic Giant
Big Max
Big Moon
Dill's Atlantic Giant
Musee de Provence
Prizewinner
8. Cheese Pumpkins
There is an excellent resemblance of these pumpkins with a giant wheel of cheese; these kinds of pale pumpkins have a wide variety of sizes. They display at many different levels of outdoor and indoor purposes with pots of flowers like bloom.
These pumpkins include:
Long Island Cheese
Musee de Provence
9. Miniatures
If you don't need to decorate more, you can display this mini for amazing vibes. These minis are usually the favorite of kids.
These pumpkins include:
Baby Boo
Jack-Be-Little
Munchkin
10. Warty or Pimpled Pumpkins
There are both kinds of hybrids or heirlooms, sophisticated for their witchy appearances.
These pumpkins include:
Galax D'Eysines
Marina Di Chioggia
Warty Goblin
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