Reminder of Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Giant Pumpkin Growers Seminar

This is just a reminder to fellow growers about the Great Lakes/St.Lawrence Giant Pumpkin Growers Seminar to be held Sat/Sunday Mar 25th and 26th, 2000 at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Canada. The largest gathering of Giant Growers under one roof. Last year's attendance was 225.
Saturday is the gathering together afternoon and evening with networking and an informal banquet at the College Inn. We will also have a session on Judging Standards and Running a Successful Weigh-off Event at 4:00 PM
The morning program will feature a seed bazaar of the finest seeds collected by the Ottawa/St. Lawrence Growers. Larry and Gerry Checkon will tell us how they grew the New World Record Pumpkin.Two Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Specialists will talk about Soils,Fertilizers,and Irrigation Techniques followed by a panel discussion.
Lunch will be followed by three optional choices.One for New Growers(Glenn Cheam and Bruce Kaye). One for Other Giant Vegetables(Norm Craven,Jason Karl and Art Franek) and one for Importance of Seed Genetics(Mike Nepreney and Al Eaton) 
Len Stellpflug and Norm Craven will identify our major enemies in a session on Insects and Disease Control.
Ten or more 1000 pound plus growers will then make up a panel for our Dream Team Session.
Our local organization will then present the coveted awards for the 1999 growing year: The Orange Cup and the Orange "Masters" Jacket to Todd Kline from Shawville, Quebec. The immediate runners up will also receive cash awards.
A seed auction will follow and the lobby will have various other support displays which will interest everyone throughout the day.
Everyone is invited. Please come and join us. Arrangements can be made by calling Port Elgin Pumpkinfest headquarters at 1-800-387-3456 or by contacting myself.
Dave McCallum pumpkin@log.on.ca Growers Specialist for Port Elgin Pumpkinfest. R.R. #3, Hanover, Ontario N4N 3B9 

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The Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Sites
are proud to bring you
the 2nd Annual
PROVINCIAL GIANT PUMPKIN
GROWERS SEMINAR &
SEED BAZAAR

WHEN	Sunday, March 26th
		9 a.m. - Seed Bazaar
		10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Seminar
		3:30 p.m. - Giant Seed Auction (for those wishing to remain)

WHERE	University of Guelph
		MacNaughton Building

COST		Preregistered Admission		$20
		At the Door				$25

TO REGISTER	Preregister before March 20th by calling
			PORT ELGIN PUMPKINFEST HEADQUARTERS
			Phone 800-387-3456 or 519-389-3714
			Fax 519-389-3725
			email  portelgin@sunsets.com

Please include full name, address and phone number for each registration so we can prepare name tags and packages - Thanks!

(Payment for the seminar will be accepted that day, you are not required to mail your fee ahead of time, but you are requested to register. Also because of limited seating only the first 275 registrations will be accepted.)

SEMINAR HILIGHTS
* A variety of quality speakers sharing information
* Seed Bazaar featuring top seeds from winning pumpkins
* "THE DREAM TEAM" - 1000+ Growers share growing tips
* Presentation of the coveted "Orange Cup & Orange Masters Jacket"
* Growers wishing networking opportunities can arrange their own accommodation at the College Inn next to Guelph University for the evening of Sat. Mar. 25th by calling 1-800-563-9240 or 519-836-1240.  A 7 p.m. dinner is planned.  Growers from across North America will be in attendance.  
SEE YOU THERE! 

This seminar is an annual event sponsored by the St. Lawrence/Great Lakes Growers Association (Sarnia, Ottawa & Port Elgin Weigh Off Sites)


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