Long Island Cheese Pumpkin

Long Island Cheese Pumpkin

Pumpkin from Exotic Pumpkins in Andover, MN 
 

 

Long Island Cheese is an heirloom pumpkin prominently used through out the 1800s.   Its coloring and flattened shape suggests a wheel of cheese.   It has a deep orange moderately sweet flesh and a long storage life up to a year out of direct sun.