Stacked crates of picked, curing Pumpkins and Winter Squash in an greenhouse shed with field workers clothing drying inside. Storing ripening pumpkins and winter squashes to cure the fruit in a greenhouse, polytunnel or cold frame. Recently picked pumpkins, store, food, market, healthy, vegetable, fresh, background, shop, organic, agriculture, green, vegetarian, natural, sale, fruit, grocery, nutrition, stored inside a greenhouse in crates, ready for transporting to market, Tarleton, Lancashire, UK

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Once picked, pumpkins need to be cured. This process hardens the skin, and the flesh will sweeten as the starches inside turn to sugars, improving the flavour.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Tarleton, Lancashire, UK
Photo credit: © MediaWorldImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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