Re: the pumpkin Eve
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: the pumpkin Eve
- From: "* J* N* <c*@execpc.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 16:06:43 -0600
Dan:
I think your comments sum up the situation quite well....nicely put.
Perhaps an incentive of some sort would encourage growers to self pollinate
"famous" seeds and contribute them to some designated seed bank ala the
deep freeze in someones basement for possible future use.
Anyone have comments on this one?
Rick
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> From: Dan Shapiro <dgs@leland.stanford.edu>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: the pumpkin Eve
> Date: Monday, January 12, 1998 1:36 PM
>
> Rick - I have a suspicion that the sport will turn to cross-breeding when
> the current seed line maxes out.. until then it will be too much fun to
aim
> for another big one with existing stock. It sounds like we are at least
> minimally covered from plague or blight since a few people already have
> seed banks in their basements that preserve diversity. However,
pumpkin
> organizations could add an incentive: prizes for new crosses (judged by
> size or other metrics) and the like. It wouldn't be much of a stretch
from
> what we already do.
>
> Dan Shapiro
>
>
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