RE: Ones best or over 700?

Al,
Isn't compiling data fun like painting a white fence. I'm already having
fun and would love to share it with someone else who really needs it.

Joe Mills

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>From: 	Alan Eaton[SMTP:eatrich@magmacom.com]
>Sent: 	Friday, January 16, 1998 6:41 PM
>To: 	pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: 	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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