What is this fascination with pumpkins during autumn?
As Halloween approaches the orange, white and green gourds are placed along roadside stands, inside fruit and vegetable stands, grocery stores and churchyard fundraisers.
Some people are inclined to choose these Cucurbita and keep these fruits, whole, as autumn decorations in their businesses, homes and schools. Other people choose gardens as the location to place their pumpkins,
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while others choose to bring their children to farms, fruit stands and corn maizes for fun, for apple picking and for hayrides. The culmination of the annual "fall" trip being the chance to have a crisp candy apple, apple cider, or cider donut. Finally,there is the serious search for picking out your favorite pumpkin from your favorite pumpkin patch place.
What choices there are!
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Do you prefer pumpkins with long stems?
...or the less than traditional orange pumpkins- such as those that have a lighter color of white or those with a pinkish tinge?
...or maybe your choice is a pumpkin or gourd that appears to take on the shape of an animal such as this "bird" that appears as if it is made to take on the shape of swan?
(Note - pumpkins may also be called gourds)
New Englanders enjoy the season as trees change from green to a variety of vibrant or sometimes muted colors of reds, oranges and yellows.
Once the favorite pumpkin is chosen, there is the fun of seed counting comparing the amounts of seeds in large pumpkins to those of small and medium pumpkins.
There are carving contests.
it's a season of fun and creativity. Enjoy it.
