Re: Top Proven Pumpkin Seeds On the Planet
- Subject: Re: Top Proven Pumpkin Seeds On the Planet
- From: Giant Veggies g*@shaw.ca
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:45:24 -0600
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
Vince, thanks for your work on this it has saved me alot of time getting these facts and strengthens the topic I'm writing primers about, line breeding for Ag's.
Below is the results from the data you posted.
Facts and Info:
Top 4 Seeds to grow 1000lb+ pumpkins
723, 845 Bobier, 846 Calai and 705 Stelts
All from line breeding, namely the 935 Lloyd and 801.5 Stelts. The 935 being from a more pure strain than the 801.5
Top 9 of 10 pumpkins come from the 935 and 801.5 lines
77 out of 190 1000lb+ pumpkins that have been grown to date.
48 of the 91 pumpkins producing 1000+ pumpkins to date have come from these two lines for a total of 134 of the 190 1000lb+ pumpkins of which
21 where from the Lloyd line producing 69 1000lb+ pumpkins
18 where from the Stelts line producing 52 1000lb+ pumpkins
The top cross to date is the outcrossing of these two lines together, namely the 723 x 846 and 846 x 723 which inludes 5 seperate crosses creating 8 of the 1000lb+ pumpkins. Another 4 outcrossing of these lines added 5 more 1000lb+ pumpkins.
Thanks
TTYL
Ernie Pearce
President
Western Canadian Pumpkin Growers Association Inc.
Seed Raffle now on, Please help support the WCPGA.
"every ones guaranteed a minimum of 5 seeds, per entry"
www.wcpga.com
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