Re: Seeds

I grew the 1061 Zehr in 1997 and every pumpkin that started, split at the stem when the pumpkins were between 75-125 pounds. I did not grow one good pumpkin on the plant. That genetic flaw was passed on to the next generation as I used the 1061 Zehr as a male pollinator. Seeds taken from a beautiful pumpkin with the 1061 Zehr as the male parent were grown the following year. Those pumpkins split at about 300 pounds in the same way the pumpkins on the 1061 Zehr did. After that, I threw all those seeds away.

George Heyne
Rochester, Mn.

Lubadub@aol.com wrote:

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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