List of pumpkin varieties
Encyclopedia
This is a list of some of the pumpkin
varieties most commonly grown in the United States. PMR indicates powdery mildew
resistance.
Pumpkin
A pumpkin is a gourd-like squash of the genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae . It commonly refers to cultivars of any one of the species Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita mixta, Cucurbita maxima, and Cucurbita moschata, and is native to North America...
varieties most commonly grown in the United States. PMR indicates powdery mildew
Powdery mildew
Powdery mildew is a fungal disease that affects a wide range of plants. Powdery mildew diseases are caused by many different species of fungi in the order Erysiphales. It is one of the easier diseases to spot, as its symptoms are quite distinctive. Infected plants display white powdery spots on the...
resistance.
Small varieties
All 2 to 5 pounds, 100 to 110 days to harvest- Baby Bear
- Baby Pam
- Small Sugar
- Spooktacular
- Sugar Treat
- Winter Luxury
Intermediate varieties
All 8 to 15 pounds, 100 to 110 days to harvest- Autumn Gold
- Bushkin
- Frosty
- Funny Face
- Harvest Moon
- Jack-o-Lantern
- Long Island Cheese
- Lumina (white skin)
- Spirit
- Young's Beauty
Large varieties
All 15 to 40 pounds, 100 to 110 days to harvest- Aspen
- Big Autumn
- Big Tom
- Connecticut Field
- Ghost Rider
- Happy Jack
- Hercules/Super Herc/HMX 3692 PMR
- Howden Field
- Jackpot
- Jumpin' Jack
- Magic Lantern PMR
- Pankow's Field
Jumbo varieties
All 50 to 100 pounds, or much more; 120 days to harvest- Atlantic GiantAtlantic GiantAtlantic Giant is the common name for a pumpkin variety bred publicly to produce huge fruit. More precisely, it refers to the round phenotypes of the giant squash variety of the species Cucurbita maxima, bred from simple Hubbard squash material....
(This variety holds the worlds record for the heaviest pumpkin: 1,810 pounds, grown by Chris Stevens) - Big MaxBig MaxBig Max is a large variety of squash that can exceed 100 pounds and in diameter under ideal growing conditions. Hybrid cucurbit varieties such as Big Max are not true pumpkins, but instead "squash-type pumpkins". They are often bright orange in color, with fine-grained, yellow-orange flesh...
- Big Moon
- Mammoth Gold
- Prizewinner