Seeds
Some years ago I crossed the Greer 1006 with the Zehr 1061, the first pumpkin
over 1000 pounds. I sent some of the seeds to Ray Waterman and he related to
me that a number of those seeds which had the 1006 as the female produced
pumpkins over 700 pounds. Keep in mind that these were most likely not grown by
experienced growers though I am not certain of this. He referred to these seeds
at the time as the "one ton cross." This was the original "one ton cross."
Interestingly to me, there were not many really large pumpkins grown from either
the 1006 or the 1061. Information about parentage was not as abundant at the
time but looking back there are not many pumpkins that I can find of any size
related closely to these two pumpkins. Could any of you geneticists out there
tell me why these seeds didn't produce as one might have expected? Also, I
still have a few of those seeds left if anyone is interested. If interested please
E-mail me privately.
Marv in Altoona
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