Re: "Heavy Hitter of the Century"
I wonder where the heavy hitters would be without( Dill's) Atlantic Giant
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> From: pumpkins and chess <pumpkinsandchess@yahoo.com>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: "Heavy Hitter of the Century"
> Date: Sunday, December 12, 1999 7:57 PM
>
> 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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