Pumpkin Art and Photography

2009-12-22T08:24:00.000-08:00

A pumpkin is a large round orange fruit. It will grow on a vine along the ground. The thick inside pulp can be eaten and is often used for making pies. People in the United States also carve and decorate pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns to celebrate Halloween.

The pumpkin plant is a vegetable that yields round or oval fruits, also called pumpkins. The pumpkin plant is a green bushy vine that has large, prickly leaves, and produces short-lived blossoms.

These yellow male and female flowers open for one day. More pumpkin blossoms are male than female. Male blossoms have pollen that is transferred to the female flowers by bees. Only pollinated female blossoms develop into pumpkins.

Pumpkins are related to squash. Most pumpkin fruits are orange, but some are white, yellow, or other colors. They have a hard outer shell that is lined inside with a thicker layer of coarse pulp. Inside that, the pumpkin's central cavity holds seeds within its stringy mass.

The mature pumpkin fruit usually weighs 15 to 30 pounds (6.8 to 14 kilograms), but some giants may weigh over 800 pounds (363 kilograms). The eatable pulp of a pumpkin is rich in vitamin A and potassium.

People cook pumpkins in various ways, especially as pumpkin pie. Pumpkin seeds, a source of protein and iron, are a popular snack when roasted. Some farmers raise pumpkins for livestock feed.

They created their own pumpkin patch using a variety of sizes to show depth. Overlapping was important. They added surrounding for their pumpkins then colored with crayons to show realistic shading.

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Growing pumpkins is fun. Like other gardening activities, researchers tell us its therapeutic. Eating pumpkins is healthy for you. Add a little pumpkin to your diet all year long.

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Pumpkin Art and Photography