Show pumpkins squashes old pumpkins and squashes were grown in america long before the white man came on the scene remains of both have been found in ruins of the basket makers earliest agricultural people on this continent both probably came from mexico pumpkin pie was a delicacy before the revolution the hubbard squash most popular variety came to light in marblehead mass in 1855 it had already been growing there for more than CO 60 years another popular winter squash came from seeds furnished by the iroquois indians |