RE: Pumpkin Growers and Hospitality

Alan:
What kind of sprinkler system did you get? I will be needing to put
something better in this year.
Last year I had 5 soaker hoses hooked up running everywhere.

Thanks!

Polly-Toto Land
Kansas



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> From: 	Mastrpumkn@aol.com[SMTP:Mastrpumkn@aol.com]
> Reply To: 	pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Sent: 	Monday, February 26, 2001 12:25 AM
> To: 	pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Cc: 	nevus@sofnet.com; DeniD456@aol.com
> Subject: 	Pumpkin Growers and Hospitality
> 
> List,
>     What a great group we are lucky to be a part of. A few weeks ago I 
> returned from a cross country trip and would like to acknowledge the 
> hospitality of the growers and their families that I had the privilege to 
> meet.  
>      The trip started in the LA California area where Bob Troy from
> Torrance 
> invited me to his home. Bob and I then joined up with Kevin Smith from 
> Torrance for lunch at a local restaurant. Bob and Kevin, the two local 
> pumpkin growers, had never met and only lived a few miles from each other.
> We 
> had a great lunch, shared pictures and stories, and talked pumpkins it
> seems 
> to the cows came home. We then went on a patch tour of Bob's and Kevin's
> home 
> patch's. Much info was shared and exchanged, along with seeds among us.
>      The following day I flew to Springfield, MO. There I meet up with
> Chris 
> Wilburs and his lovely wife and children. They had me over for dinner and 
> shared their beautiful home with me. Chris is lucky to have two children 
> Helen and Henry that are future pumpkin growers in the making. Watch for 
> Helen's name in the near future!
>      A few days later Chris and I went to the home of the MO. Record
> Holder, 
> Dan Westfall. There we meet up with his daughter Denise and his wife. We
> all 
> talked Pumpkins, shared stories and seeds, and learned a hole lot why Dan
> is 
> the Record Holder. Dan and I met up a few days later when he took me
> shopping 
> for a sprinkler system. I was able to benefit from Dan's hard work in 
> designing a system. I came back to CT. with a system in my suitcase! I
> wonder 
> what airport security thought of my bags, I bet they got searched!
>       Anyhow, I'd like to thank everyone who made my trip a lot of fun.
> It's 
> great to know what a bunch of swell people make up our sport\hobby. I 
> understand that soon there will be a 12 step program for us! See you at
> that 
> seminar!
> 
>     Alan R.
>   The Tarp Guy
> 
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