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Re: Cross Pollination - Butternut Squash & AG's

At 08:26 AM 7/3/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Hey Chris!
>    I don't know the answer to your question about the butternut squash but
>I'd sure give it a try. And also, I'll give you a bunch of different seed
>crosses to plant next year. I have some good ones and a large supply. I got
>Tim on my ICQ now but haven't had much time to be online this week. 
>     The sun has finally showed up and we are having summer weather in the
>high 70's low and low 80's. This is suppose to hang around for a week or
>so. Two females in the patch are getting closer to pollination, I expect
>3-4 days. The Solomon 728 is the best plant on the place.
>    Who was the guy that said he didn't want anyone in his patch.
>Have you read the book by Jack Breckenridge yet. Must be a character out of
>"Pumpkins Are Orange"  Shellie
>mcramer@olywa.net
>----------
>> From: Chris Andersen <chrisa@value.net>
>> To: pumpkins@athenet.net
>> Subject: Cross Pollination - Butternut Squash & AG's
>> Date: Thursday, July 03, 1997 6:50 AM
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I called a local heavy weight grower in my area the other night to ask if
>I
>> could borrow some male blossoms, if he had any open.
>> 
>> I had two females that were just about ready to open and only a couple of
>> males that were questionable.
>> 
>> The guy tells me I am not allowed to come over to his patch because all I
>> want to do is spy on him and his plants. That no body is allowed over to
>> his property that is a pumpkin grower!
>> 
>> I thought to myself, well if the guys last name was Zehr he has a point,
>> but it is not.
>> 
>> To make a long conversation short he told me to pollinate my females with
>> butternut squash, I said what about my seeds I may want to try replanting
>> them next season, he said throw them away nobody is going to want your
>> seeds anyway. I said I don't really care if nobody else wants them I may
>> want to replant them. He said just throw them away and go find other
>seeds.
>> 
>> Now I just don't happen to have any butternut squash planted this year
>but
>> I asked a lady down the street who has a large garden if she did.
>> 
>> And she does.
>> 
>> I did not use her butternut squash to pollinate, rather I opted for two
>> males that had not quite opened all the way on one female and let the
>other
>> female go.
>> 
>> My question is, if you are in a pickle will butternut squash
>(specifically)
>> cross with an AG?
>> 
>> I know we talked about this last year and I thought I saved the note but
>I
>> can not find it in my files.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> Chris Andersen
>> Moraga, Calif.
>> 
>
>7-3-97
 Be carefull w/your cross pollination. Last year year I had some bees get
into the neighbor's cantalope patch and then visit my jack-O'lanterns.
Turned out I was lucky and had my garden fenced in because 82 days later I
had a herd of
JACK-O-LOPES running around my garden!  OOOPS..That joke was pretty bad!

Doug    archer@powernt.net
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