• Gigantic Pumpkins
• These pumpkins are typically 75 to 500 pounds. These are the pumpkins that you see exhibited at fairs and festivals competing for the title of "largest pumpkin".

• Traditional Orange Pumpkins
• These pumpkins range from 35 to 60 pounds. Traditional pumpkins are about the size of a basketball or can even be as tall as your knee (1 1/2-2 feet tall). This type of pumpkin is used for carving jack o'lanterns.

• Winter Squash
  
• These squash are good to eat such as butternut squash, acorn, and spaghetti squash. These are great because they can be stored for a longer period of time compared to your summer squashes. Other squashes are Mashed Potato, Hubbard, Buttercup, and Cushaw.
  

• Decorative Pumpkins
• These pumpkins are typically seen are porches starting around the middle of September. These pumpkins range from 5-70 pounds and come in a variety of colors from red, pink, blue, green, and brown. Some of them are even warty or look like peanuts.
  

• Small Orange Pumpkins
• These pumpkins are around 2-10 pounds. The most common ones are Field Trip pumpkins. Want to know why? Because they are the perfect size for kids that are on field trips!
  

• Mini Pumpkins
  
• These weigh a quarter to a half pound typically. They come in white, orange, and tiger stripe. They are normally the size of a baseball.

• Gourds
• Gourds can be a variety of sizes from a baseball to about 8 inches long. Some will be round while others might be curvy like a banana. They come in an assortment of colors such as green, yellow, orange, and white.  These are perfect for your front porch and dining table.
  

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