Re: LONG GOURD MEASURING!!! and Pumpkin Classifications

Port Elgin Pumpkinfest uses the World Rules established by the Guinness
World Record people for all Giant Vegetables. What good is a measurement of
a super growing effort if it is not accepted around the World. The same with
pumpkins and squash. The long gourd is measured by laying it on a flat table
surface with some paper underneath. A mark is placed at each end of the
fruit on the paper and a straight line measurement is taken. No part of the
stem is included. Cracks which may be open to the inside of the fruit are
allowed because the measurement is for length and not weight. Colour is not
a factor for gourds. Under no circumstances are the curves measured in a
gourd that is not straight. Dave McCallum
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Paynter" <pepaynter@pei.sympatico.ca>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: LONG GOURD MEASURING!!!


>          Dave , how are the long gourds measured
> there in Port Elgin ?
>
>         .........Peter
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave McCallum" <Pumpkin@log.on.ca>
> To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 12:40 PM
> Subject: Re: LONG GOURD MEASURING!!!
>
>
> > List : We have been measuring long gourds at Port Elgin for a long time
> too
> > but let's all measure the same. Dave McCallum
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan & Beth Carlson" <carlson@sanasys.com>
> > To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 8:52 AM
> > Subject: LONG GOURD MEASURING!!!
> >
> >
> > > LIST!!
> > >      For those sites who are having Long  gourds in the prize
> > > pool......Anamosa has been doing this for years......This season we
are
> > > making  a change as for how the LG is actually measures....do to
> > > inconsistencies over the years..THE ONLY WAY TO GET A TRUE measurement
> > > is to lay it on the table and mark each end..then measure STRAIGHT
LINE
> > > BETWEEN THE MARKS......forget the curve...to hard to stay fair and
equal
> > > to each grower........trust me it will matter when you get down to
1/8"
> > > ......between Gourds.....I want  a ruling from the Heads of the GPC on
> > > this so every site does it the same....If yo unow any of their E-mail
> > > address please forward this one to them/...THANKS DAN
> > >
> > > --
> > > "At my wedding, I'm not having cake, I'm having pizza"
> > > -Nick Carlson
> > >
> > > United We Stand.......
> > > God Bless America
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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