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Re: growing well-shaped pumpkins

Tom Perigrin wrote:
> 
> >Denise,
> >
> >Do you (or does anyone) know where to buy a vegetable shaper?  It sounds
> >like they work well on soft skinned fruit  (e.g., eggplant, zucchini) but I
> >wonder if they'll work on pumpkins.   The other problem is that pumpkins
> >are likely to break open.  A big time grower out here (Doc Pumpkinstein)
> >told me once that he tried for a rectangular pumpkin using a speaker box.
> >The box broke instead.
> >
> >We might have to use a metal form with metal straps to shape pumpkins.  I'm
> >VERY tempted to try.
> >
> >        Dan Shapiro
> 
> Folx...  you might wonder what kind of person wants to make cubical
> pumpkins..   Please allow me to introduce Dan Shapiro...
> 
> This is the man who goes to supermarkets and buys the oddest shaped
>....bla....

THis sounds like a well rounded pumpkin grower. I would be proud to have
Dan join our pumpkin organization in the PNW.  He truely sounds like a
educated Stanford undergrad. He must be an engineer. WHat else do they
have to do with their time? 

dunk
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