Re: LONG GOURD MEASURING!!! and Pumpkin Classifications

      Thank-you Dave ;

    .......Peter


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McCallum" <Pumpkin@log.on.ca>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:40 AM
Subject: 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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