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The pumpkin is actually a fruit, and is related to the cucumber, most
commonly orange in colour when ripe, that grows from a trailing vine.
Pumpkins are a popular food, commonly eaten cooked. Pumpkins are
traditionally used to carve Jack-o'-lanterns for use as part of Halloween
celebrations. The pumpkin varies greatly in form, being sometimes nearly
globular, but more generally oblong or ovoid in shape. The rind is smooth
and very variable in colour. The larger kinds acquire a weight of 40 to 80
lb (18 to 36 kg) but smaller varieties are in vogue for garden culture. Today, pumpkins are well-known in English cottage gardens, and largely cultivated in continental Europe and North America. |
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