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Home » Vegetables » Squash » Pumpkins » Pie Pumpkins » Cheese Pumpkins

Cheese Pumpkins

Cheese Pumpkins get their name because their flatter shape makes them look a bit like wheels of cheese.

Compared to the big Hallowe’en pumpkins, they have a lighter-orange (sometimes tan or buff coloured) skin, and inside are sweeter and not as stringy. The flesh inside is still a deep orange. People who make pies from Cheese Pumpkins swear by them.

Varieties included Long Island Cheese, which will grow 6 to 8 pounds (2.5 to 3.5 kg), and Virginia Mammoth Pumpkins.

Very closely related to Butternut Squash.

History Notes

Were being cultivated by Americans before 1830.

Other names

Scientific Name: Curcurbita moschata

This page first published: Jan 13, 2004 · Updated: Oct 4, 2020.

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