We do not sell pumpkin seeds for planting in your garden. We do sell seasoned pumpkin seeds for you to snack on. In fact, it's a berry. Pumpkins belong to the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes cucumbers, melons, squash, and gourds. Within this family is the genus Cucurbita which includes gourds, winter and summer squash and all varieties of pumpkin.
Pumpkins grow in many different shapes for a variety of reasons.
As pumpkins moved with the settlers to different climates throughout the Unites States, different species had to be developed depending on the climate. Humans have had the most impact as we save and plant seeds from only the heartiest, or the smallest, or the sweetest pumpkins, depending on what kind of pumpkin they were looking for. Many growers cross-pollinate different varieties of pumpkins to create new ones. He grew the very first record-breaking pumpkin in 1893. It weighed 365 pounds.