Re: Medicine Hat Update - August 14th
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- Subject: Re: Medicine Hat Update - August 14th
- From: "* &* P* <c*@napanet.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 21:17:26 -0700
Dear bill and Patty,
We are sorry to hear about the crack on your big pumpkin. Do not give up
on those Beach Balls. There is still alot of time left in the season
....keep us posted. Cindi and Pete
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> From: Bill & Patty Kournikakis <bkournik@memlane.com>
> To: Pumpkin List <Pumpkins@mallorn.com>; Cliff Dupuis
<cdupuis@dms-hp.ora.dnd.ca>; Chris Andersen <chrisa@value.net>
> Subject: Medicine Hat Update - August 14th
> Date: Friday, August 14, 1998 6:10 PM
>
> Bad news from the Hat. There has been no growth since Sunday. There
> was a small one inch crack on the top which opened up on Saturday the
> 8th. It did not spread and I was able to treat it with fungicide and
> seal it up. There are no other cracks, splits or soft spots anywhere
> on the pumpkin or the vine that I can find. I can only assume at this
> point that the interior may have been contaminated when the crack opened
> and the rot is working on the inside. The circumference is 129 inches
> and total OTT measurement is 284 inches. Estimated weight by
> circumference is 479 pounds, 460 pounds by the OTT method. This was my
> only big one on the plant. There are a few small soccer to beach ball
> sized pumpkins on some secondaries that I'll keep going to have some
> nice jack-o-lanterns to give to friends for Halloween. The Alberta
> record will have to wait for another year..........
>
> --
> Bill Kournikakis
> Medicine Hat, Alberta
> "http://www2.memlane.com/bkournikakis"
>
>
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