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Pumped Up for Pumpkin

October 08, 2019 Monica Williams, Technical Information Specialist, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Summer is fading, and the fall season will soon be bringing crisp air and colorful leaves, and creatively carved pumpkins will be sitting on the front steps of neighborhood houses. Pumpkins—fall wouldn’t be quite the same without them—but what do you really know about them?

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