Re: Three Classifications........
Sounds like a good idea to me ......................... The more winners the better.
Bob T.
Torrance, Ca.
George Webster wrote:
> List,
> Every year at weigh-off time the same question arises.....
> Is it a squash, or is it a pumpkin ?
> We see growers getting justifiably upset when they miss out
> on some prize money because their "obviously orange" pumpkin
> gets beat out by a fruit that is showing a lot of green surface
> coloration (mottled, canaloped or webbed)..... many of us would
> not classify these as orange pumpkins.
> ON THE OTHER HAND......the growers who show up with a true
> "green skinned" squash don't want this mottled fruit taking their
> prize money either......and justifiably so, because its not really
> a "squash".
> Seems to me that we need a "Third Classification".
> I have heard of these "in-between" fruit referred to as squashkins
> or squampkins....wow, what horrible names.....if someone told me that
> I had a squashkin growing in my patch, I would go out and beat it with
> a stick. If the pumpkin community ever decides on a third classification
> it should choose a name for the fruit that at least sounds positive.
> For example, if some came to my patch and told me I had a nice "middy" growing
> there, I might feel good about that. Call it a middy, call it a globe or a
> moon...... the term squashkin has gotta go. (Middy being mid-way between a
> pumpkin and a squash).
> Of course if there was a third classification, this would affect how the
> entire prize purse is distributed. I think I'll save that topic for another
> post.
> Regardless of how many "classes" we have the final call is still in the hands
> of the judges......but it sure seems like we need to change something soon.
>
> Just tossin' out some ideas as food for thoutht.
>
> George Webster
> Napa, Ca
>
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