Ernie Janes / Pumpkins (Cucurbita sp) ready for Harvest, Norfolk, UK, October

Jouan & Rius / Tsamma melon (Citrullus lanatus) growing on the sand dune, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Jouan & Rius / Nara melons (Acanthosicyos horrida) on sand dune, Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Konrad Wothe / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) covered in pollen in pumpkin, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) covered in pollen in pumpkin, Germany

Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of Bryony (Bryonia dioica). Pencil and watercolor painting.

Kerstin Hinze / Pumpkins of various types at Pumpkin fair. Lower Saxony, Germany, September.

Kerstin Hinze / Turk's turban pumpkins at Pumpkin fair. Lower Saxony, Germany, September.

Kerstin Hinze / Various types of Pumpkins at Pumpkin fair. Lower Saxony, Germany, September.

Kerstin Hinze / Frog made out of green pumpkins (Cucurbita), Curcurbitaceae. Pumpkin fair. Lower Saxony, Germany, September.

Mark Raycroft / Shar Pei (Canis familiaris) with pumpking

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of men working on horticultural land in the Camargue, growing Melons for the commerical market, Arles, Southern France, September 2008

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Two women looking at Squash (Cucurbitaceae)plants growing in Evelyn Community Gardens, Deptford, London, England, UK, August 2011

Jouan & Rius / Ambercup 'Red curry' and Pumpkins 'Rouge D'etampes' (Cucurbita sp) in garden, France

Jouan & Rius / Ambercup 'Red curry' (Cucurbita sp) pumpkin in garden, France

Jouan & Rius / Ambercup 'Red curry' and Pumpkins 'Rouge D'etampes' (Cucurbita sp) in garden, France

Jouan & Rius / Ambercup 'Red curry' and Pumpkins 'Rouge D'etampes' (Cucurbita sp) in garden, France

Jouan & Rius / Pumpkins 'Rouge D'etampes' (Cucurbita sp) in garden with Domestic cat sitting nearby, France

Nick Upton / Squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium) flowering with some fruits developing, Lesbos / Lesvos Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium) flowering with some fruits developing, Lesbos / Lesvos Greece, May.

Nick Turner / Variety of Pumpkins (Cucurbita maxima) close up shot, UK.

Nick Turner / Turks turban pumpkins (Cucurbita maxima) close up shot, UK.

Nick Turner / Baby bell pumpkins (Cucurbita maxima) close up shot, UK.

Nick Turner / Baby bell pumpkins (Cucurbita maxima) close up shot, UK.

Nick Turner / Baby bell pumpkins (Cucurbita maxima) close up shot, UK.

Gary K. Smith / White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) flowers and tendrils, Norfolk, UK, July

Gary K. Smith / White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) flowers and tendrils, Norfolk, UK, July

Ernie Janes / Garden marrows (Cucurbita sp) ripening, Norfolk, UK

Nature Production / Melon (Cucumis melo) fruit developing, Japan, sequence 3/4

Nature Production / Melon (Cucumis melo) fruit developing, Japan, sequence 2/4

Nature Production / Melon (Cucumis melo) fruit developing, Japan, sequence 4/4

Nature Production / Melon (Cucumis melo) fruit developing, Japan, sequence 1/4

Nature Production / Sponge Gourd / Loufa plant (Luffa aegyptiaca) tendril curling, at the point of reversion,

Chien Lee / Climbing Gourd (Alsomitra macrocarpa) seed, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Climbing Gourd (Alsomitra macrocarpa) seeds on the forest floor, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Gary K. Smith / Woman gardener cutting Courgettes, Norfolk, UK, September

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Woman tending Cucumber (Cucumis sp.) plants in greenhouse heated by nuclear power station at Bilibino, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 1994.

Murray Cooper / Gurania (Gurania eriantha) flower, Amazon, Ecuador

Gary K. Smith / Home grown vegetables, freshly harvested Courgettes (Curcurbita pep ovifera) in wire trug on allotment chair, Norfolk, UK, July

Gary K. Smith / Commercial Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) crop, grown for the UK Halloween market, Norfolk, UK, October

Gary K. Smith / Commercial Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) crop, grown for the UK Halloween market, Norfolk, UK, October

Gary K. Smith / Homegrown greenhouse Cucumbers (Cucumis sp.), Norfolk, UK, July.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Courgettes (Cucurbita sp) growing on farm, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Kim Taylor / Wild water melon (Citrullus lanatus) in the northern Namib Desert

Jouan & Rius / Gemsbok cucumbers (Cucumis africanus) on sand, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Gary K. Smith / Courgettes {Cucurbita pepo} growing in containers in a summer garden, variety 'Tuscany', UK, July

Gary K. Smith / Home grown greenhouse Cucumbers, 'femspot' variety {Cucumis sp} in rustic trug on greenhouse staging, Norfolk, UK, June

Gary K. Smith / Home grown greenhouse Cucumbers, 'femspot' variety {Cucumis sp} in rustic trug on greenhouse staging, Norfolk, UK, June

Adrian Davies / White Bryony {Bryonia dioica} flowers. UK

Jouan & Rius / Nara melons (Acanthosicyos horrida) on sand dune, Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Nara melons (Acanthosicyos horrida) growing on sand dune, Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Young Tsamma melon (Citrullus lanatus) growing between cracks on dried out lake after the rainy season, Namib desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Woman on a sand dune holding a Tsamma melon (Citrullus lanatus) that has been partially eaten by an animal, Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Doug Wechsler / Gurania flower {Cucurbitaceae} flowering in tropical rainforest, Amazonia, Ecuador

Larry Michael / Crop of harvested Pumpkins {Cucurbita maxima} USA

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Desert squash / Bitter apple {Citrullus colocynthis} in sand desert, Madam, United Arab Emirates, UAE

Luciano Candisani / Pumpkin (Cucurbita sp) detail, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Pumpkin (Cucurbita sp) on a farm, Sao Paulo, Brazil

David Pike / White Bryony {Bryonia dioica} Barnack Hills and Holes, Cambridgeshire, UK

David Pike / White Bryony {Bryonia dioica} Barnack Hills and Holes, Cambridgeshire, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Harvested Cucmber {Cucumis sp.} with Eggplant / Aubergine {Solanum melongena} Spain

Larry Michael / Gourds {Cucurbitaceae sp.} after harvesting, USA

Gary K. Smith / Plant labels and gardening utencils in terracotta plant pot, UK

Gary K. Smith / Gardener planting out Pumpkin plants {Curcurbita pepo} 'Kuri' variety on allotment, UK, June

Gary K. Smith / Gardener planting out Pumpkin plants {Curcurbita pepo} 'Kuri' variety on allotment, UK, June

Luciano Candisani / Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) eaten by Muriqui (Brachyteles sp), Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Larry Michael / Pumpkin Plant {Cucurbita maxima} with ripe fruit / vegetable, Wisconsin farm, USA

Claudio Velasquez / Nara melon fruit {Acanthosicyos horridus} on sand dunes, Namibia

Jose B. Ruiz / Squirting cucumber fruit {Ecballium elaterium} Alicante, Spain

Mark Raycroft / Parson or Jack Russell Terrier (Canis familiaris) portrait

Nature Production / Sponge Gourd / Loofah staminate flower {Luffa aegyptiaca} Japan

Nature Production / Luffa plant / Sponge Gourd {Luffa aegyptiaca} bearing fruit, Japan

Nature Production / Close up of hairs on surface of Cucumber skin {Cucumis sativus} Japan

Nature Production / Sponge Gourd {Luffa aegyptiaca} fruits and flowers - dried and sold as loofah, Japan

Adrian Davies / Cross section through a dried Loofah (Luffa aegyptiaca) used as bath sponge, UK

Philippe Clement / Gemsbok cucumber (Acanthosicyos naudinianus) Kalahari desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Simon Colmer / White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) with berries, Levin Down Nature Reserve, Sussex, UK

Simon Colmer / White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) with berries, Levin Down Nature Reserve, Sussex UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Close-up of Pumpkin plant flower {Cucurbita pepo} Spain.

Mark Raycroft / Miniature Wire-haired Dachshund (Canis familiaris) puppy eating a watermelon slice

Mark Raycroft / Whippet (Canis familiaris) puppy and pumpkin

Mark Raycroft / Scottish Terrier (Canis familiaris) puppy next to pumpkin

Mark Raycroft / Shar Pei (Canis familiaris) sitting next to pumpkin in the fall

Mark Raycroft / Lhassa Apso (Canis familiaris) standing beside pumpkins

Mark Raycroft / Chocolate Labrador Retriever (Canis familiaris) puppy sitting with Pumpkin

Mark Raycroft / Staffordshire Bull Terrier (Canis familiaris) puppy amid autumn leaves

Mark Raycroft / Bernese Mountain Dog (Canis familiaris) standing over pumpkins

Mark Raycroft / Miniature Schnauzer (Canis familiaris) puppy sitting with pumpkins

Mark Raycroft / Standard Schnauzer (Canis familiaris) pair near pumpkin

Philippe Clement / White Bryony {Bryonia dioica} flower and tendril, La Brenne, France.

Philippe Clement / White Bryony {Bryonia dioica} flower and tendril, La Brenne, France.

Philippe Clement / The tsamma melon (Citrullus lanatus) is the main water source for many animals during the dry season, Kgalagadi NP, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Philippe Clement / The tsamma melon (Citrullus lanatus) is the main water source for many animals during the dry season, Kgalagadi NP, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Gary Smith / Freshly harvested organic courgettes {Cucurbita pepo} UK.

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Orb-weaver Spider (Paraplectana sp) on the flowers of Pygmymelon (Psiguria sp), Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) covered in pollen in pumpkin, Germany