On a greenhouse shelf near Alan Walters’ vegetable laboratory sits a pile of pumpkins that exhibits a variety of orange hues, textures and sizes that have been cataloged -- not carved or made into pies. Walters, a professor of vegetable science and breeding at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, says pumpkins are a lot more than a doorstep ornament to celebrate Halloween.
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Jason Franchuk
Jason Franchuk writes on agricultural sciences for Southern Illinois University. Visit siue.edu for more information.
