A page from the Gurney’s Seed and Nursery Company, 1998 Spring Catalog, Yankton, S.D. 

Ornamental Pumpkins 

At the turn of the twenty-first century, producers now breed pumpkins to fit the vegetable's romantic imagery and its use for display at the sacrifice of the plant’s fertility and palatability.  The Hybrid Frosty and Bush Hybrid Spirit, for example, produce seeds that cannot be replanted, but their fruits are symmetrical to make them attractive ornaments.