Re: So many seeds - so little ground
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- Subject: Re: So many seeds - so little ground
- From: J* D*
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 06:58:44 -0400
Have you considered drawing straws? I see a lot of concern amongst growers
on this list with the "lineage" of thier seeds, which is a very valid point
to be sure; it reminds me of a story I heard once about horse breeding. In
horsebreeding terms a colt is considered to be "by" a stallion "out of" a
mare. One rather famous breeder remarked once that even with all the
attention paid to the genetic past of their racehorses every once in a while
a horse came "from Texas, by pickup" that would outdistance them all. Take
your pick, and best of luck.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: giamb <giamb@email.msn.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 5:47 AM
Subject: So many seeds - so little ground
>I'm going crazy trying to decide what to plant. Can somebody help me?
>I have room for three plants. One plant will be from the infamous 1400 lb
>Pacilli seed, naturally. But how do I pick the other two? I've looked
into
>history, parents, grandparents, siblings, race, creed, politics, etc, and I
>still don't know. Do I try to match up the weight? How about the grower?
>The seeds I plant will decide what next years pumpkin will be, right?
>Unless I leave it up to the bees. (not a chance)
>I would appreciate any advice anyone can give me as to what other two seeds
>to plant.
>Here's what I have to choose from:
>
>1061 Zehr (WPC) - 975Zehr x 804 Zehr
>987 Grohs - 935 Lloyd x self
>920 Cole - 567.4 Wallace x Self
>906.5 Lloyd - 929.2 Kuhn x 935 Lloyd
>894 Geerts - 563 Geerts x 550 Geerts
>818 Jervis - 682.4 Castelluci x 682 Cole
>762 Smith (WPC) - 627 Bobier x open
>727 Greer - 697 Ciliberto x 1006 Greer
>717 Geerts - 567.5 Mombert x 563 Geerts
>650 Reynolds - 906 Handy x 600 Jones (est. wt.)
>638 Welty - 742 Glasier x 1006 Greer
>627 Cramer - 815 Anderson x 416 Cramer
>614.5 Welty - 730 Stelpflug x 946.5 Geerts
>607 Greer - 1006 Greer x 1006 Greer
>582 Carlson - 431 Carlson x open
>
>connie giambra
>
>
>
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