ACORN Hard, thick dark green skin. Yellow flesh bakes beautifully. Good Keeper. Very popular.

APPLE A truly beautiful gourd with a classic apple shape. Great for gourd craft.

BABY BOO They don't get much cuter than this! White skin is perfect for children to decorate with markers, glitter, paint - you name it. Kids love ''em!

BIRDHOUSE Hourglass shape is perfect for creating natural hanging birdhouses. Simply dry over winter & drill in spring. Can also be painted or varnished once dry.

BLUE HUBBARD Unusual shape, large size and unique silvery-blue skin make this a great choice for decorating. Fine grained flesh is rather bland and gives best flavor when baked and then mashed with spices or brown sugar to enhance sweetness.

BUTTERNUT Attractive smooth cashew-colored skin. Flesh has good flavor & texture. Good keeper.

CARNIVAL Colorful multi-colored skin and exceptionally sweet, nutty flavored flesh. Among the finest for eating. Good keeper.

CAVEMAN'S CLUB (aka 'Dinosaur' / 'Maranka')
Large, primitive looking hard shelled gourd with distinctive form and ridging. Great for decorating and for gourd craft.

CINDERELLA Shaped like Cinderella's "pumpkin" carriage, this is a favorite with children for autumn decorating. A French heirloom variety introduced in the United States in 1883.

GOLDEN HUBBARD Hard dark orange skin. Sweet, dry fine-grained golden-yellow flesh is good for baking & roasting. Heirloom variety introduced in 1898. Good Keeper.

JARRADALE An Australian heirloom squash with smooth, shiny slate-blue skin and flattened heavily ribbed form are highly decorative. Golden yellow flesh is mildly sweet and considered to be one of the best for pie making. Believed to be a cross between 'Blue Hubbard' and 'Cinderella'. Good keeper.

KAMO KAMO This rare heirloom squash was the traditional food of the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. It is rare even in New Zealand, where it is treasured as a supreme eating squash. Thick, hard skin makes this an excellent keeper as well as being decorative.

KNUCKLEHEAD Scary! A small orange pumpkin covered in large solid wart-like knobby "goosebumps". This one will look great on the front porch without any carving!
A great decorating pumpkin.

MARINA DI CHIOGGIA An heirloom squash from the Italian coastal town of Chioggia. Rich, sweet orange-yellow flesh is delicious in pies or baked.

JACK-BE-LITTLE / WEE-BE-LITTLE Mini Pumpkins
Bright orange, perfectly shaped, super-hard little "Mini Pumpkins" are a favorite for tabletop decorating and for carrying in children's small hands.

ONE TOO MANY A newer variety developed for its supreme decorative quality. A large squash that offers a wide range of shapes, from perfectly round to elongated. Pale cream skin is accented with orange, green & red netting pattern.
Average eating quality.

PIE PUMPKINS Just the right size to use for pies & baking. Also a favorite with children.

PUMPKINS Good ol' fashioned pumpkins. All shapes and sizes. Great for decorating, carving, and seed-baking.

RED WARTY THING What a descriptive name! Red "warty" skin. Thick orange flesh is similar to 'Hubbard' and is good for baking.

SILVER EDGE A North American heirloom squash grown primarily for its beautiful and delicious silver edged seeds (orange flesh is edible but relatively bland). Also a highly decorative squash.

SILVER MOON Vanilla cream skin. An excellent decorating or carving pumpkin.

SNOWBALL A beautiful decorative pumpkin with smooth clean white skin and vanilla-white sweet flavored flesh.

SPAGHETTI When cooked the yellow flesh divides into spaghetti-like ribbons. Can be used as a nutrient-rich replacement for pasta.

SPECKLED HOUND Decorative and delicious. Attractive mottled skin and sweet nutty flavored flesh.

SWAN GOURD Perhaps the most beautiful of all gourds. Graceful swan-shape is superbly decorative. Perfectly suited for gourd craft.

TRIAMBLE A rare and much sought after heritage squash from Australia. Blue green skin, unique three lobed form and dense sweet orange flesh. An excellent eating squash as well as being highly decorative. Heirloom, circa 1920.

TURK'S TURBAN A premier decorating squash valued for its unique and beautiful appearance. Fair table quality. An heirloom variety introduced in 1869.

WHITE CINDERELLA (aka Flat White Boer)
Flat wheel-like shape with creamy white skin. Deep orange colored flesh is very dry & firm with sweet flavor.

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