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I’m Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English ...(1) Report.
Many Americans ...(2) Halloween on Monday by ...(3) pumpkins outside their homes. A Halloween ...(4) is to cut a ...(5) into the big, round ...(6).
Pumpkins are also ...(7) important part of the ...( holiday in late November. Tradition says early ...(9) ate pumpkin pie, or something ...(10) to it, with the ...(11) Americans during the first celebration.
Pumpkins are members of the ...(12) family. They are related to ...(13), ...(14) and ...(15). They are, like all of their ...(16), fruit, not ...(17). Pumpkins have firm ...(18), ...(19) in the center and a ...(20) that is usually orange. And they contain more ...(21) than almost any other fruit.
Pumpkins have been ...(22) for thousands of years in North and Central America. They have been grown for so long, in fact, it is ...(23) what ...(24) relative the plant has. Pumpkins grow on ...(25) or bushes. Most pumpkins ...(26) a few kilograms, but some have ...(27) well over four hundred fifty kilograms.
Pumpkin flowers are usually ...(28) by bees. The ...(29) carry reproductive ...(30) called pollen from the male to the female flowers. No fruit will grow if the female flower is not ...(31) at the right time.
Closely ...(32) squashes and gourds can also fertilize pumpkins. This ...(33)-pollination will show itself not in the ...(34) year’s pumpkins, but in ...(35) grown the following year.
Pumpkin is used in ...(36), ...(37), ...(38) and other ...(39) goods. Baked pumpkin seeds are also a popular ...(40). Pumpkin ...(41) for pies is produced ...(42).
Pumpkins are very low in ...(43), unlike many ...(44). This makes ...(45) pumpkin a place where the ...(46) that causes botulism food ...(47) can grow. For this ...(48), experts say it is not a good idea to can ...(49) pumpkin at home. ... (50) pumpkins, however, ...(51) well in cool, dark ...(52) for weeks.
Less than ...(53) of the American pumpkin supply is ...(54) or ...(55). Most pumpkins are used in the states ...(56) grown. ...(57) can be very different from place to place.
American farmers ...(58) over four hundred fifty million kilograms of pumpkins last year. The ...(59) was ...(60) at about one hundred million dollars.
This VOA Special English Agriculture Report was written by Mario Ritter. Our ...(61) are online at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Faith Lapidus.
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