Pumpkins are a popular Halloween decoration, but they can also be grown as plants for your garden.
Pumpkins are squash-type fruit that grows on vines. They have hard-shelled fruits with thick warts or ridges on the fruit surface. The color of the flesh ranges from orange to yellow and even white in some cultivars. Some pumpkins, such as Cinderella, have edible greens on their vines after pollination.
Pumpkin is the most widely grown gourd in North America for commercial pumpkin production, and it is commercially harvested each year in autumn when it is ripe and ready to harvest. The total worldwide production of pumpkins was about 306 000 tonnes in 2011, with about 236 000 tonnes being harvested annually in the United States, according to the
This list of pumpkin quotes is perfect for this time of year and is also great for Christmas and Thanksgiving celebrations.
25 Most Famous Pumpkin Quotes
1. “I’d say the first thing you need is … a pumpkin.” ~ Cinderella
2. “He’ll come here because I have the most sincere pumpkin patch and he respects sincerity.” ~ Linus
3. “Sugar and pumpkin spice and all things nice.” ~ a play on Robert Southey’s words.
4. “There he is. There he is. It’s the Great Pumpkin.” ~ Charlie Brown
5. “Hey, have you come to sing pumpkin carols?” ~ It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
6. “Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” ~ Jim Davis
7. “Pumpkin and nutmeg tarts are a small, sweet version of the classic tart, a combination that is a particular favorite of mine.” ~ John Torode
8. “If you’re ever wondering what to wear, just dress like a pumpkin, you’re good to go.” ~ Devendra Banhart
9. “Make pumpkin bread as the default gift for everyone. It is cheap, it is beloved, it is carbs.” ~ Karen Bender
10. “I like Thai food, Jamaican stews with yam, pumpkin and sweet potato.” ~ Chris Smalling
11. “I really dislike soup, especially pumpkin soup.” ~ Simone Giertz
12. “The fifth one said ‘I’m ready for some fun!” ~ Five Little Pumpkins
13. “You’re wasting your time; the Great Pumpkin is a fake!” ― Patty, writing as Linus
14. “My favorite word is ‘pumpkin.’ You are a pumpkin. Or you are not. I am.” ~ Harrison Salisbury
15. “Halloween simply has a special feel about it. School is back, everyone is settled into their routines following summer, and there is pumpkin spice everywhere.” ~ Natalya Neidhart
16. “I don’t see how a pumpkin patch could be more sincere than this one.” ~ Charlie Brown
17. “I think people fetishize glasses in general. You could put glasses on a rotting pumpkin and people would think it was sexy.” ~ Tina Fey
18. “I love the scents of winter! For me, it’s all about the feeling you get when you smell pumpkin spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, gingerbread and spruce.” ~ Taylor Swift
19. “Sometimes I think that ideas float through the atmosphere like huge squishy pumpkins waiting for heads to drop on.” ~ Neil Gaiman
20. “Instead of doing cinnamon, nutmeg, and all those baking spices, I’ll have one spice that’s for sweets, and that’s pumpkin pie spice.” ~ Sandra Lee
21. “Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a pumpkin.” ~ Simone Schwarz-Bart
22. “When life gives you pumpkins, make pie.“ — a play on Elbert Hubbard’s words.
23. “Most pumpkin dishes involve scooping out the seeds, cutting off the skin, and chopping up the flesh before cooking.” ~ Yotam Ottolenghi
24. “Sugar and pumpkin spice and all things nice.” ~ a play on Robert Southey’s words.
25. “Halloween colors, less or more, are pumpkin, witch, and bloody gore. You must mean orange, black, and red. Indeed, that’s what I said.” ~ Richelle E. Goodrich
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