Squashes, Winter (Pumpkins and Other Large Types): Queensland Blue

Queensland Blue (Cucurbita maxima), like Jarrahdale, was developed in Australia and matures with a fairly shiny skin. It can look like the one below or have the same celadon color as Jarrahdale and a more boxy hassock shape. The fluted Queensland Blue, part drum and part turban, weighs 5 to 10 pounds and arrived in 1932, but I haven’t discovered where it has been since. I had my first view last year—and it was long. I admired the pumpkin for several months, like its fellow countryman, before sacrificing it to a meal.