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Re: growing well-shaped pumpkins

In a message dated 97-08-23 16:27:14 EDT, dgs@leland.stanford.edu (Dan
Shapiro) writes:

<< Subj:	growing well-shaped pumpkins
 Date:	97-08-23 16:27:14 EDT
 From:	dgs@leland.stanford.edu (Dan Shapiro)
 To:	pumpkins@athenet.net
 
 Michael -
 
 	Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.  Every year I buy about
 100 pumpkins for a party I throw, and I actively seek out the most
 misshapen gourds I can find.  I think they make for more interesting
 carvings, or perhaps I just like the shapes.
 
 	I extended that idea to *growing* gourds last year.  I wrapped a
 couple of vinyl covered chains around a young banana squash and was
 rewarded with the most unusual double humped fruit you could imagine.
 
 	The same tactic should work for pumpkins.  Just make sure you use
 steel cabling.  Anything less than that will likely break,  violently no
 less.
 
 	Is there a prize for the ugliest vegetable?
 
 		Dan Shapiro
 
 
  >>
I believe the Topsfield Fair weigh off is giving a prize for the ugliest this
year.

George
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