Penasco Cheese

Pumpkin native to Penasco, Mexico. A flat, ribbed, cheese-wheel shaped squash with sweet orange flesh. Fruits have gray or pale pink skin and can weigh 5-8 lbs. Collected in the Spanish village of Peņasco, New Mexico, at 8,000'. The fruits are flattened and recall a form of cheese. It is kept for 4 to 9 months.