Re: 879 Holland
Gary
A friend planted the 879. Strong vigorous plant covered 2500 ft plus.
Extremely large stump with massive main and secondaries. Leland Spiva
my friend, had two good fruit on the 879, bright orange. These two
started slow then really took off. The two pumpkins weighed at Elk
Grove, Ca and then at Auburn< Ca were 601 and 627. They were however
light about 70 - 90 # light. They had no splitting problems at all, I
would light to seen then a bit taller than wider. The largest was in the
lower 90's for height and 137 if my memory serves me right in Cir. Hope
this helps those of you that are considering the 879.
Ken
On Tue, 15 Feb 2000 19:35:37 -0600 "Gary Grunow" <garyg@bytehead.com>
writes:
>I have finally obtained the 879 Holland seed and is on the way to my
>house as we speak. I have a few questions about it though. I noticed
>that on the AGGC website that the smallest pumpkin grown from this
>seed was a 600lb+ pumpkin. Is this because it has problems with
>splitting and only a few pumpkins are surviving or is it because the
>pumpkins off this seed are actually doing that well? Did anyone plant
>this seed? How was the plant size and how vigorous was it? I noticed
>that not much has been said about the 879Holland as far as if it is
>good or bad, is there a reason for this? Is there anyone else out
>there that is planting it? So many question, but it is better than
>shoveling snow!!!!!!!!!
>
>Gary
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