Re: southern pumpkins
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: southern pumpkins
- From: "* A* <t*@roanoke.infi.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 16:28:22 -0500 (EST)
I'm all for this idea Joe.
My name is Tim Aker.
I live in Roanoke, Virginia and have been growing these suckers since
1985.My biggest pumpkin was over 500 pounds which I weighed myself.
Tim
At 03:18 PM 1/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I am interested in eventually consolidating the southern pumpkin grower
>into an association modeled after the New England Pumpkin Growers
>Association. It will be a slow ride but I think the first step is to see
>what southern growers are out there on the list so I am asking for your
>assistance. I would like any southern pumpkin grower ( VA, WV, Wash.DC,
>NC,SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY, ) or devotee on the list to give me the
>following information. I would like your name, state and city, how long
>you have had this interest, your largest pumpkin ( if you have have
>grown one ) and where and when it was weighed off. Please no messages at
>this time. I feel that we need to regionalize competition if our sport
>is going to spread across the country. I am going to propose this to the
>GPC board. It would not involve prize monies but simply bragging rights
>for your region. It could be done next year with a simple juggling of
>statistics. Let us start the ball, or should I say pumpkin, rolling
>here.
>
> Southern Pumpkin Growers Association
>
> Where the Growing gets Tough
> and the Tough get Growing
>
>Joe Mills
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