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The Acorn and the Pumpkin, in French Le gland et la citrouille, is one of La Fontaine's Fables, published in his second volume (IX.4) in 1679. In English especially, new versions of the story were written to support the teleological argument for creation favoured by English thinkers from the end of the 17th century onwards.
“I am falling in love with autumn, the smell of warm cider, the orange color leaves, pumpkins everywhere, and the crisp breeze.” The Pioneer Woman Jack-O'-Lantern Halloween Song
Cucurbita moschata is a species originating in the tropical Americas [2] which is cultivated for edible flesh, flowers, greens, and seeds. [3] It includes cultivars known in English as squash or pumpkin. Cultivars of C. moschata are generally more tolerant of hot, humid weather than squash of other domesticated species.
Once considered a desperate substitute to use in beer and bread, only in the absence of barley and wheat, the pumpkin's popularity grew out the romantic nostalgia of rural residents turned city-dwellers, and its commercialization has now reached unprecedented heights. [2] Ott traces the shifting status of the pumpkin in American culture. [3]
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Me and the Pumpkin Queen is a 2007 children's novel by Marlane Kennedy with cover art by Marla Frazee, following the story of Mildred and her best friend, Jacob, two preteens who work to grow a pumpkin worthy of winning an upcoming contest in honour of Mildred's deceased mother, a former "Pumpkin Queen" of their small rural town.
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