Pumpkin Facts

" 'Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world."
William Shakespeare



You can find these facts on pumpkin-patch.com
1) A pumpkin is really a squash

2) Morton, Illinois is the self proclaimed "pumpkin capital" of the world

3) The Irish brought the tradition of pumpkin carving to America: The tradition began with turnips, but after migrating to the United States it was decided that pumpkins were more abundant and easier to carve.

4) Pumpkins contain potassium and Vitamin A.

5) Largest pumpkin ever grown: Gerry Checkon of Altoona, Pennsylvania grew a pumpkin weighing 1,131 lbs (1999).

6) World's biggest pumpkin pie: Weighed 418 lbs. Made by Windsor Farmers Market and Windsor High School Culinary Arts program in California (2004).

7) Pumpkins are 90 percent water.

8) Eighty percent of the pumpkin supply in the United States is available in October.