Mystery Pumpkin

[chrysanthemum]

My mother in Virginia sent me this picture yesterday.  She says the squash/pumpkin is over a foot wide and growing on rampant vines.  The plant came from a packet of seed that contains several varieties of winter squash: acorn squash, spaghetti squash, Golden Nugget, Burgess Buttercup, and True Green Hubbard.  She says that the packet produced some butternut squash for her, though, so there are obviously varieties mixed in that aren’t listed on the packet.

I told her that this looks like a cucurbita moschata type pumpkin, but I couldn’t really help her out more than that.  I read her information about pumpkins like Long Island Cheese or Musque de Provence that look like this, but that was about all I could offer.  Anybody have any more insight?  I’m no pumpkin expert.

[macmex]

It's a cheese pumpkin, for sure. Might be Long Island Cheese. I'm sure it'll be a good eating squash!

[heavyhitterokra]

That's one cool-looking pumpkin!  I'll bet it has a good shelf life too.  It looks very meaty.

[woodeye]

I agree with Long Island Cheese and cool looking pumpkin. Regardless of exactly what kind it is, I'd be mighty proud to grow one like it...

Also agree it could be Musque-de-Provence

[chrysanthemum]

I was just talking with my mother (we talk just about every night on the phone so that I can make sure that she’s safely in the house at the end of the day), and when reading more about Musquee de Provence (I’ve found the spelling with one e and with two e’s) tonight, I discovered that it’s sometimes sold as Fairytale in America. I’d heard of Fairytale pumpkins but didn’t realize that the two were the same. We were looking at average weights and days to maturity. She’ll not know exactly what she has, but it’s fun to compare. She’ll save seeds, too.