Ah, the perennial pumpkin patch. You might think the round orange gourds in today"s photo are vegetables, but botanists say pumpkins are actually the fruit of pumpkin vines. They"re considered fruit because pumpkins contain seeds and grow from the same part of the plant that produces flowers. And now, as Halloween nears, pumpkins are ripe for picking and carving into spooky jack-o"-lanterns.
A most sincere pumpkin patch
Today in History
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International Whale Shark Day
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World Octopus Day
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Bláhver, Hveravellir, Iceland
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World Laughter Day—it s a hoot
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Manatee Appreciation Day
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Uredd Rest Area, Norway
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Holi festival
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Marine Day, Japan
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Pearl of the Adriatic
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Let s run em up!
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Mardi Gras
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Fall Astronomy Week
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Victory in Europe, 75 years ago
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Chapel of St. Michel on Lake Serre-Ponçon, Hautes-Alpes, France
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