What only pumpkins does not happen: flat and round, bright orange and pale yellow, speckled and striped, in the form of a jug and serpentine. The variety of types and varieties of this vegetable is simply amazing, and gardeners are finding it harder to make a choice. How to approach the choice of pumpkin, what are the types and varieties, we will tell in this article.
Peculiarities of hard pumpkin varieties
Pumpkin - a typical representative of the pumpkin family. This culture is distinguished by a large variety of varieties that are distinguished by the softness of the bark, taste, shape of the fruit. These characteristics distinguish three groups of pumpkins:
- nutmeg (distinguished by round or cylindrical fruits and a soft crust);
- large-fruited (characterized by soft crust);
- hard-tailed (differs woody crust and round or cylindrical fruits).
Important! Muscat varieties are distinguished by a high content of carotene and sugars, large-capacity pumpkins are characterized by high yields, and durum-pumpkin, although inferior in yields, but ahead of storage.
The varieties of the pumpkin hardwood (Cucurbitapepo L.) are prone to pulling out of sharp-faceted, grooved stalks of lashes reaching 7 meters. At the same time, there are short-stem, bush forms. Along them develop dark green five-lobed leaves with a rough, rough surface. 
The flowers of this vegetable culture have erect pointed petals of bright orange or rich yellow color. Pedicle pubescent and thick. After flowering, ovaries are formed, which, as they develop, change shape, pattern of bark and color. Most often, the fruits have a rounded, obovate shape and differ yellow-orange color and ribbed surface.
Important! The main group of varieties is a hard crust of pumpkin, and only a few varieties are softer. The flesh of this type of pumpkin is coarse, but sugary, fragrant and tasty.Seeds of cream or yellowish-white, oval-shaped, of medium size and weighing about 0.2 g are in the middle of the fruit. A distinctive feature - a strongly indented bezel and a pointed nose. The best doughy pumpkin varieties:
- Acorn;
- Freckle;
- Suburban;
- Juno.
Hard varieties with description and photo
Today, in the post-Soviet space, more than 30 pumpkin species are being cultivated with a hard metal. We select the best varieties for those who wish to grow this type of pumpkin.
Golosemyanka
If you are looking for hardy varieties of pumpkins for open ground, then you should pay attention to Golosemyanka - you can plant it in any region of our country. 
With proper care, this pumpkin lets the long, branched in different directions whip. The leaves of the plant are medium in size, strongly dissected, green in color with slight spotting.
Did you know? It is believed that the birthplace of pumpkin - Mexico. It was there that scientists discovered the most ancient pumpkin seeds, which were approximately 7,000 years old. Spread to other continents pumpkin received after the discovery of America.The fruits of the Golomean woman are oval-shaped, with a dark green crust, smooth to the touch. Can reach up to 6 kg of weight. The flesh is yellow, not sweet to the taste, dense and crispy. Seeds without a hard shell, dark green, contain useful vitamins E, B1, B2. With proper care, you can achieve yields of 500 c / ha.
Freckle
Pumpkin variety Freckle is early ripe and is intended for table consumption. It develops in the form of a bush and in most cases forms 5-6 small lashes with reduced internodes. Scour the center is also of moderate length.
Leafy plates in Freckles are light green in color, of medium size in the shape of a heavily dissected pentagon. Their surface along the venation is covered with white spot.
The fruits of this variety are small - 0.6-3 kg. They are predominantly colored green with patches of light yellow color and have a flattened shape. The crust is medium thick, leathery, cut yellow-green at the cut.
The flesh of the freckles is yellow-orange in color, the thickness at the cut is 3 cm. It differs in juiciness, delicate and sweetish (6.5% sugar content) taste with a distant pear flavor.
With the observance of agrotechnical norms, it is possible to achieve a yield of pumpkin variety Freck 365 centners per hectare, which is several dozen more than other varieties of pumpkins.
Freckles refers to moisture-loving crops, resistant to temperature changes, quite transportable and long stored. The disadvantages of Freckles include its susceptibility to powdery mildew infection.
Danaya
Table mid-season pumpkin. Recommended for cultivation on private farms. Danae develops many long lashes. Leaf color can be light and dark green with a pronounced spotting.
The fruits of this variety are round-oval, the surface is smoothed. The peel of a ripe fruit is ligneous, of medium thickness, green in color with clear broad orange-yellow stripes. The flesh is light yellow, slightly starchy, but with a pleasant taste. The average weight of ripe fruit is 6 kg.
The yield of Danae is 360 kg / ha.
Country house
This pumpkin is mid-season dining. It has an oval fruit weighing 4.5 kg of orange-green color with a smooth hard crust. The flesh is tender, juicy, moderately sweet with a slight vanilla aroma. 
Suitable for growing in different regions, compact, does not take up much space on the beds. Well preserved, taste preserves for four months. Yield pumpkin Country - 460-610 c / ha.
Spray Orange
Mid-season pumpkin, in the period of ripening forms a compact non-long whip. Fruits are slightly flattened, oval-shaped. Ripe pumpkin can reach up to 5 kg.
The peel of the ripe fruit is yellow-orange, smooth to the touch. The flesh is yellow, the taste is magnificent. It is a compact plant, very convenient for growing in small areas. Like the Pumpkin Smile, Spray Orange is perfectly preserved after harvest and is resistant to adverse weather conditions, unpretentious, tolerates drought.
Juno
Pumpkin variety Juno refers to the early table. In the process of growth pulls a lot of long lashes.
Fruits are round, the correct form. Ripe pumpkin is small - up to 4 kg. The surface is ribbed, orange with clear stripes of a more saturated color. The pulp is dense, juicy, about 3 cm thick. Quite productive - 450 kg / ha.
Gribovskaya bush
Early ripe table variety (no more than 98 days pass before the first harvest).
Treats early ripe fruits and is ideally suited for cultivation in temperate latitudes. The ripe fruits of this pumpkin are cylindrical, egg-shaped and reach 4.8 kg. The color of the peel is pale orange with dark green stripes. The crust itself is hard but thin. The flesh is dark yellow with a characteristic pumpkin flavor. 
Often grown Gribovsky pumpkin seedling method. Especially appreciated for not spreading around the garden, does not take up much space, is resistant to fruit rot and is slightly affected by bacteriosis and powdery mildew. The productivity of the Gribovsky pumpkin is 400 c / ha.
Almond
Looking through the varieties of pumpkin description, many pay attention to the universal species. This is exactly what the mid-ripe almond pumpkin is. 
This culture with long lashes, the fruits of which have a mass of 4-5 kg. Ripe almond gourd round orange color. The flesh is crispy, sweet and juicy. Ideal for baby food and juices. Appreciated for what can persist for a long time without much effort.
Altai
Universal early maturing solid pumpkin. In the process of growth develops the average length of the lash.
The fruits of this pumpkin are ribbed, rounded. Color - yellow with orange spots. The mass of ripe fruit is 2.5-5 kg. The flesh is moderately sweet (5-6%), fibrous, yellow. Altai pumpkin is productive, cold-resistant, well preserved after harvest.
Acorn
Refers to the canteen, early pumpkins. Differs in the gastric shape of the fetus, for which it received another name - acorn. The size of the fruit is small, but the flesh has a pronounced sweet taste. The color of the pulp - light yellow, almost white, tastes like zucchini. 
Acorna fruit itself can be of several types with different skin. Most commonly found with a dark green color (Table King and Table Queen). Some species come in with yellow splashes or monochromatic orange.
Did you know? Any pumpkin can be stored in a dark place for a long time, but cut pumpkin in a cool place can not be stored for more than 30 days.As you can see, the variety of pumpkin varieties provides an unlimited opportunity to experiment with the cultivation of this plant. And if your goal is a hard-faced pumpkin, then its reachability will increase significantly, if, when choosing, to pay attention to the description of the variety.
