Re: "Heavy Hitter of the Century"
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- Subject: Re: "Heavy Hitter of the Century"
- From: p* a* c*
- Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 16:57:23 -0800 (PST)
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As you all know it is not close to the end of the century. We still
have more than a year. Plus, what is up with milenium fever??? It is just
another day, but seems to be the excuse to create silly surveys and to get
drunk.
--- George Webster <PumpkinDude@webtv.net> wrote:
> Who is the "Heavy Hitter of the Century"?
>
> Since our number one criteria when growing
> AG's is weight, I would suppose that the
> grower who has produced the most weight
> over the longest period of time would be our
> "Heavy Hitter of the Century".
> For example.......if we take a look at the
> Top 100 pumpkins on the BackYardGardner
> Top 1000 Pumpkins web page, we can get
> a pretty good idea of who has the "highest
> total poundage" in this elite group. The Top
> 1000 Pumpkins list covers 1992 to present.
>
> The results using the above criteria are......
>
> #1. Kirk Mombert with 5 pumpkins in the
> Top 100 totaling a whopping 4490 lbs.
>
> #2. Jack LaRue also with 5 pumpkins in the
> Top 100, a close second, totaling 4454 lbs.
>
> Does this make Kirk "The Heavy Hitter of the
> Century"?
> Do we add up the totals for the Top 500 or
> Top 1000 ? Do we use other criteria ??
>
> Also, what about "Grower of the Century"?
> The criteria for this title would be more than
> the weight of ones pumpkins. We would need
> to consider such factors as.....helpfulness to
> other growers, contributions to our sport,
> attitude, generosity, sharing ideas, etc, etc.
>
> Food for thought as we near the end of
> this century.
>
> George
> Napa, Ca
>
>
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