Sea of Pumpkins

by Sandi OReilly

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Sea of Pumpkins

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Sandi OReilly

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These pumpkins were at a pumpkin patch we visit, and it truly it is a sea of pumpkins of every size, color and shape. Pumpkins say Fall is here and we think of Halloween and Thanksgiving for decorating and cooking these fruit. They are actually a fruit because they grow on a vine and have seeds, but are treated as a vegetable.

Pumpkins and squash are believed to have originated in the ancient Americas. These early pumpkins were not the traditional round orange upright Jack-O-Lantern fruit we think of today when you hear the word pumpkin. They were a crooked neck variety which stored well. Archeologists have determined that variations of squash and pumpkins were cultivated along river and creek banks along with sunflowers and beans. This took place long before the emergence of maize (corn). After maize was introduced, ancient farmers learned to grow squash with maize and beans using the "Three Sisters" tradition.

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October 31st, 2011

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