Question

Write down 6-7 interesting and creative pumpkin facts.

Answer 1

The largest pumpkin pie ever baked was 2,050 pounds. That record was made in 2005.

The heaviest pumpkin ever was to be weighed at 2,600 pounds.

Pumpkin-flavored sales totaled over $414 million in 2017.

Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites.

Pumpkins are 90 percent water.

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

A pumpkin can contain about 500 seeds. The average pumpkin provides approximately one cup of seeds.

Answer 2

- grown in all continents (except Antarctica)

-Morton, Illinois calls itself "Pumpkin Capital of the World"

- Each pumpkin has about 500 seeds.

- there are about 4 dozen varieties of pumpkin

-all parts of the pumpkin can be eated

- From a Botanical standpoint pumpkins are fruit.