Re: Cross Results...Example this year....837 Thorson 99


Frank, David, Steve: I lost my 837, absolutely green.
M Ibarra

At 09:26 AM 12/18/00 -0600, you wrote:
>I also grew a Thorson 837, and had 2 beautifully shaped orange pumpkins (one
>500.0, the other 560 UOW), with absolutely no green.  I had 6 or 8 pumpkins
>that were pollinated, and they all looked bright yellow before culling, with
>no hints of green.
>
>Frank Peregrine
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <DBHASKARAN@aol.com>
>To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
>Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 10:40 PM
>Subject: Re: Cross Results...Example this year....837 Thorson 99
>
>
>> Howdy!
>> I would agree it is very tough on the genetics issue.
>> I know 3 people who grew 837 Thorson 99 seed this year....all 4 pumpkins
>> looked
>> different (added mine):
>> Mine: 100% Green...beautifully shaped.
>> Brandt: (From my seed package from Steve) Orange but had a Huge blossem
>end
>> on ALL pumpkins on this plant...which made the pumpkins "butt ugly".
>> Heyne: Orange but with lots of green on the top areas.
>> Buntrock: Did well in Iowa, but was more of a squash than pumpkin...
>> So there you have it....4 different results from 4 seeds from the SAME
>> pumpkin...
>>
>> My guess is that people who grow the 656 Bhaskaran 00 (760 Patrick 99(f) x
>> 815 checkon 98(m)) will not be assured of a nice orange pumpkin as I got
>from
>> the 760 Patrick seed. (801.5 x self).  Some might get the nice
>> orange...others might get the
>> blue I got from the 815.
>> One final note: People who grew the 760 Patrick...all seemed to get the
>nice
>> shape
>> and orange color...so maybe the 760 is "pure" ;-).
>>
>> Pictures are still on my web page:
>> http://members.aol.com/dbhaskaran/pumpkin00/
>>
>> Good Discussion.
>> David Bhaskaran
>> Rochester, MN
>>
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