Re: Ones best or over 700?

Joe Mills-Right on,couldn't agree more.This idea should be put into action.

A list of growers(all levels)with their personal best weight(one fruit only)
and that fruits ancestory is what would tell everyone the most about the
available seeds.It is a list that every grower could be on,in contrast to
most lists.

It could look like something like this:

                 Personal Pumpkins and Ancestory

             977 Andersen 97--1006 Greer 96 x 1006 Greer 96
887 Orr 95--------990 Bax 94 x 946.5 DeJong 94

Once the list is compiled it could be ranked and grouped by the mother fruit
and become the most meaningful resource of all.

A great idea you have Joe,now someone has to start compiling the data.It
won't be me but I can supply a lot of information,and so can everyone on
here,to whoever in email land wants to get
started.-----------------------------------------------Al Eaton

P.S.-This is not a great task,just takes someone with interest and
capability to built a list over time as info comes in.

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At 10:23 16/01/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Here is my small contribution to the investigation of seed potential. I
>think we miss some interesting information if we just concentrate on the
>largest pumpkins coming from a certain seed, let us say the l006. We ask
>ourselves the question"What pumpkins over 700lbs has this seed
>produced?" We all know that a seed's potential is tapped by the grower's
>abilities to get everything out of that seed that is there. Our growing
>talents vary widely to say the least. Shouldn't asking the question
>whether this seed produced ones personal best, regardless of size, show
>us something of the seeds potential? For instance: Hugh Wiberg has been
>growing pumpkins for 30 years. He plants the l006 for the first time and
>beats his personal best by 100 pounds with a 673. Or if Joe Mills plants
>the l006 and beats his best by l50 lbs with a 558.  Could this be saying
>something of the seeds potential even though the the l006 seed did not
>produce the biggest of pumpkins in these cases?
>
>Joe Mills
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