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2. Pumpkin - Wikipedia

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   Naturalists in the 18th century recorded Seminole pumpkins growing with their vines hanging from trees. [95] [96] Styrian pumpkin: Cucurbita pepo: Styria: Styrian pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo var. styriaca or var. oleifera) have hull-less seeds, which are used in Austria and Slovenia as part of a pumpkin seed oil industry that presses ...

3. Giant pumpkin - Wikipedia

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   Giant pumpkins may expand by up to 50 lb (23 kg) a day. This is made possible by several genetic adaptions. Giant pumpkin cells grow larger than regular pumpkins, and are composed of more water (up to 94%). They also lack genes that stop fruit growth, resulting in continuous expansion. [3]

4. Cucurbita - Wikipedia

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   Hallowe'en is widely celebrated with jack-o-lanterns made of large orange pumpkins carved with ghoulish faces and illuminated from inside with candles. [177] The pumpkins used for jack-o-lanterns are C. pepo, [178] [179] not to be confused with the ones typically used for pumpkin pie in the United States, which are C. moschata. [122]

5. Is pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable? It depends on this one factor

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   For example, pumpkins grow on a vine, apples come from a tree and strawberries grow on a bush. In contrast, vegetables are the other parts of the plant including the root, stem, flower and leaves.

6. How (And When) To Plant Pumpkin Seeds To Grow Your Own ... - AOL

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   Because they are so agreeable, you barely need a green thumb to grow pumpkins. What you do need is space—lots of space. Pumpkin vines can spread up to 20 feet. This expansive growth is a good ...

7. Where do those perfectly plump Northwest pumpkins grow? A ...

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   At the height of pumpkin harvest, semi trucks rotate in an out of the Cox processing area to pick up bins of pumpkins, which ship on pallets. By the time the season wraps up, the family will have ...

8. Once and for All: Is a Pumpkin a Fruit or a Vegetable? - AOL

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   Pumpkins come from flowering plants, just like pineapples, apples and pears. All fruits come from a flower and contain seeds. “By definition, a fruit is the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a ...

9. Cucurbita moschata - Wikipedia

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   Cucurbita moschata is a species originating in either Central America or northern South America. [2] It includes cultivars known as squash or pumpkin. C. moschata cultivars are generally more tolerant of hot, humid weather than cultivars of C. maxima or C. pepo.