Pumpkin Varieties - What's the Difference?

• Small Sugar - orange pumpkins that are great for baking and pies, fruit reaches 2-5 pounds
• Spooktacular - orange pumpkins average 2-5 pounds, good for carving and decoration
• Baby Pam - smooth, yellow pumpkins average 2-5 pounds, good for decoration
• Harvest Moon - all purpose orange pumpkins average 8-14 pounds
• Funny Face - this orange-colored variety produces fruit weighing 8-15 pounds, good for carving and decoration
• Aspen - deep orange fruit weighing 15-25 pounds, good for carving and canning
• Ghost Rider - dark orange fruit features a dark green stem, reaches 15-25 pounds, good all-purpose variety
• Howden Field - orange fruit weighing 15-25 pounds, good all purpose pumpkin
• Jackpot - very round, orange fruit weighing 15-25 pounds, multi-purpose pumpkin variety
• Jumping Jack - tall, deep orange fruit weighing 15-25 pounds, good for carving, baking, canning
• Buckskin - good pumpkins for canning, pies, soups and bread





• Kentucky Field - variety or pumpkin good for carving and decoration

• Atlantic Giant - produces largest, prize winning pumpkins, fruit can reach several hundred pounds
• Prizewinner - jumbo, orange pumpkins can reach 50-150 pounds
• Baby Boo - small, white pumpkins measure 3 inches across, good for decoration and painting
• Lumina - white pumpkins average 5-12 pounds, good for carving and painting
• Triple Treat - thick fleshed orange pumpkins weighing about 7 pounds, good for carving and cooking
• Sweetie Pie - small, orange, scalloped fruit averaging 4-5 inches across
• Connecticut Field - orange pumpkins averaging 10-30 pounds, commonly grown commercially, good for carving