Re: Seed / cross ranking list
>Sir:
>
>Thank you for your time and effort in this endeavor. I did not get a chance
>to see the Hester 850.5; I DO know that it was 1st, Des Moines Weighoff, had
>a Mombertian shape, and weighed +6.33%. FYI, the 1036 Kline '99 came from
>the Male 688.5 Kline X Female 968 Sproule. Personally, I think a +%heavy
>Mombert crossed with a contest winner in the 700 to 900 lb range would be a
>definite try for 2000. If you look a the recent Schwartz fruit, the weights
>seem to be falling. Based on advice so far, my #1 choice is 850.5 Hester '99
>X 688.5. Kline '98. This Kline '98 was the Male that produced the Kline
>1036. The other side also has good lines. It is quite obvious on the lines
>charts that if one crosses, say, two seeds from the same plant or same
>pumpkin, for the same year, the weights usually go down.
>
>How heavy was YOUR last pumpkin???
>
>This ranking thing will probably foster improvement in the overall growth
>curve / seed lines. Again, thanks for the advice. I tried to send
>something like this the other day and I think it got lost before I actually
>sent it to you. For some reason I cannot access the actual List. However, I
>am in Mallorn (The new list comments come into my email and I can navigate
>from there).
>
>Take care
>
>Pumpkinist.
>mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
A very interesting observation and will take a closer look but at first
impression I don't think the male pollen has any effect on the fruit that
is before your eyes in the patch. The genetic code is coming from the
cross before. AG are tricky everytime i think i see something there are 10
examples that counter my thought so i feel like were kept in the dark many
times. Although it appears to be true with the Kline/Shcwarz i look at my
606..which is a 449mar =804x990 crossed with the 559geerts =804x990 this
year the 606 produced a 692 in a very difficult climate. I then look at
the 1009eaton which was a 946geerts sibbed with a sister seed ...need to
look more but I really feel the male pollen has little effect on the fruit
before you...and its effects won't show till the next
generation..........let me here more of your thoughts.........MB
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