As Halloween approaches, consider decorating your porch or front sidewalk with some pumpkins of a different color.
If you want a really rare pumpkin, try hunting for a Blue Pumpkin, often referred to as an ‘Australian Blue.’ These unique pumpkins are smaller and flatter than a standard jack-o’-lantern, with a beautiful bluish grey color. Two red pumpkin varieties sometimes available are “Rouge D’Etant” or “Cinderella.”
To complete the red, white and blue trifecta, look for ultra-chic white pumpkins, either in regular sizes or as impish miniatures. All forms of white pumpkins are becoming more popular every year for Halloween and Thanksgiving displays. Larger varieties are named Casper, Lumina and Snowball. And the small ones are Little Boo or Baby Boo.
Striped pumpkins are gaining attention too, especially the Austrian kind known for their cherished green seed oils. And not only does it sport gorgeous green stripes, but the Cushaw pumpkin also has an elongated neck like a big squash. Italian cooking cultivars, like Marina Di Chioggia with scary, bumpy skin, are also being developed.
Non-orange pumpkins are all edible, of course, but the flavor isn’t always that great. Don’t hold that against them, though-these colors are too much fun to be ignored. After all, Halloween is the time to dress up and be different!