Re: weird names

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• To: F*@abacusnet.net
• Subject: Re: weird names
• From: D* M* <m*@eskimo.com>
• Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 17:56:40 -0800
• References: <33C6A413.7EFE@abacusnet.net>

Farooq Chaudhry wrote:
> 
> what are all these weird names you give the plants? what do the numbers
> mean?
Weired names:  They are growers who produced (grew) the pumpkin 
Numbers:  It is the weight of the pumpkin and they might give the year

ex> McAlpine 1560 97

This means McAlpine grew a 1560 pound pumpkin in 1997.

If a sentence has two names, then they are talking about female plant
from one grower
and a male plant from another grower.  They are trying to create a new
genetic breed by taking the pollen from one plant (male) to the  fruit
of the other plant (female).
-- 
Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA   m*@eskimo.com
Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....?
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html

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