Most of Canada's production comes from Quebec and Ontario. I love pumpkin seeds. The pumpkin is a versatile fruit commonly grown in North America, Great Britain, and Continental Europe for human food and livestock feed. In the United States and Canada it is a traditional holiday pie filling. It is also served as a vegetable and used in puddings and soups.
Pumpkins are large, orange, and generally round with a smooth, furrowed rind.
The plant has rough, heart-shaped leaves and large yellow flowers. The names pumpkin and squash are applied inconsistently to certain varieties of the genus Cucurbita. The pumpkin comes most commonly from varieties of Cucurbita pepo, C. mixta, C. moschata, and C. maxima. Eastman Bible defines them here . Naves Topical Index say this about them .