After decades of trying to grow perfect, round, orange pumpkins, farmers have found many people believe nothing says Halloween like a warty, twisted gourd in a weird color. “Anything that’s ...

That’s by design. While plenty of customers still buy the traditional-looking pumpkins at this time of year, demand has surged for ones with different colors, shapes and deformities -- like all ...

After decades of trying to grow perfect, round, orange pumpkins, farmers have found many people believe nothing says Halloween like a warty, twisted gourd in a weird color. A pumpkin with warts ...

with varying patterns and many weird and wonderful shapes and sizes." Regardless of the exterior colour, winter squash, pumpkins included, are "generally orange, red or yellow-fleshed inside".

"Anything that's ugly or weird or unusual, it just sells like crazy," said Randy Graham, who grows 40 pumpkin varieties near Champaign, Ill. At least in part, the market shift reflects the ...