UPumpkins contain Vitamin A and potassium.

UPumpkins contain Vitamin A and potassium.
UPumpkin blossoms are edible.
UPumpkins are 90 percent water and belong to the same plant family as squash and cucumbers.
UPumpkins are believed to have originated in North America.
UThe Connecticut field variety is the original American pumpkin used by early European settlers.
UEarly American Colonists used pumpkins for the crusts of their pies, not the filling.
UPumpkins were a staple in American Indian diets and were used for medicine as well.
UEuropean immigrants, particularly the Irish, introduced the Halloween jack-o'-lantern to America. In Europe, Jack-o'-lanterns were carved from turnips, but immigrants soon discovered that pumpkins were far superior.
UIn the olden days, people believed pumpkins could rid a body of freckles and cure snake bites.
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