* Pumpkins are a fruit.
* Pumpkins are 90% water.
* Pumpkin flowers
are edible.
* Pumpkins contain potassium and Vitamin A.
* Around 90-95% of the processed pumpkins in the United States are grown in Illinois.
* The top pumpkin production states are Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and California.
* Pumpkin seeds can be roasted as a snack.
*
The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,600 pounds.
* Colonists sliced
off pumpkin tops: removed seeds and filled the insides with milk, spices, and honey. This was baked in hot ashes and
is the origin of pumpkin pie.
* Native Americans flattened strips
of pumpkins, dried them and made mats.
