ext_325579 ([identity profile] miss-un-known.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] hh_clubs 2009-03-19 03:55 am (UTC)

Name: Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima)

Size: They range widely in size.
Average weight of 9–18 lbs with the largest weighing over 75 lbs. They range in size, from less than 1 pound to over 1,000 pounds.

Colour: Pumpkins are usually yellow or orange (more commonly orange and some can be dark green, pale green, orange-yellow, white, red and gray.

Location: Pumpkins are grown for many diffrent uses all around the world. The only continent in the world unable to produce pumpkins is Antarctica.

Variations: Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita mixta, Cucurbita maxima, and Cucurbita moschata.

Suggested Magical Use(s): Mostly used for decoration and for consumption. Hagrid, gamekeeper at Hogwarts School, has a Pumpkin patch outside his hut.

Author's Note(s): The pumpkin is the state fruit of New Hampshire.

Rebecca//Hufflepuff

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