[issybird]

Originally Posted by Quoth

<rant>
It's the big one with yellow flesh (Scottish neeps) that is turned into a Goblin head. Not pumpkins!
</rant>

…because pumpkins are turned into jack o’lanterns.

We’ve got rutabagas here, but it as it happens, the native pumpkin is better for jack o’lanterns. Better size, better shape.