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Re: Children's Pumpkin Book

Janis,
   Welcome to the crazy world of giant pumpkin growing. I have read the
childrens book you mentioned at the beginning of your letter. My friend and
fellow pumpkin grower Sherry LaRue is a special ed. teacher grades 1 & 2
and she uses this book around fall for her classes & she shared it with me
last year while I was there for a visit. 
    Our family & friends started a little contest in 1990 and sometime in
1992 we learned about the clubs that have official weigh-offs and
competitions. So we joined and the rest is history. 
   I think I can solve your plant mix up. The smooth leafed plant will most
likely be your giant pumpkin plant and the jagged edge will be the
traditional pumpkin. Make sure you have a good amount of space for the big
plant on the giant. If this is your first time you may not have allowed for
enough ground to let the plant sprawl out. Good Luck to you and the kids on
growing the Giant Pumpkin!  
Shellie Cramer - Olympia, Wa.
mcramer@olywa.net

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> From: Janis Schole <jschole@west-teq.net>
> To: pumpkins@athenet.net
> Subject: Children's Pumpkin Book
> Date: Wednesday, July 16, 1997 10:41 AM
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I thought those of you with small children might enjoy a book called,
"The
> Biggest Pumpkin Ever," by Steven Kroll, illustrated by Jeni Bassett. My
kids
> are four, three and one, and they love it when I read this book to them.
> It's especially neat since this is our first attempt at growing big
pumpkins.
> 
> I found it quite coincidental that a relative happend to give the book
> (second-hand) to my kids, just weeks after I had decided to order AG
seeds
> for the first time.
> 
> The book is a very cute story about two mice who both try to grow an
amazing
> pumpkin -- one dreams about winning the grand prize at the town pumpkin
> contest, and the other wants to make the biggest jack-o-lantern in the
> neighborhood. The book was published in 1984 by Scholastic Inc., 730
> Broadway, New York, NY 10003, "by arrangement with Holiday House, Inc.
(18
> East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022)." It also says "SeeSaw Books" on
the
> cover.
> 
> The book is recommended for a three-to-seven-year-old audience and the
price
> tag that was left on my copy was $3.50. (In small print, the cover says
> Scholastic 0-590-41113-6/$2.50 US/$3.95 CAN). It appears "Scholastic
Inc."
> also has offices in Toronto, London, Auckland and Sydney. I would imagine
> that any bookstore should be able to order in the book for those of you
who
> might want it.
> 
> I'm writing from Busby, Alberta, Canada and currently have three AGs and
one
> jack-o-lantern variety plant in my garden. After some initial difficulty
> getting my seeds to germinate, I bought one AG and one jack-o-lantern
plant
> seedling in peat pellets from my local greenhouse. At the same time, I
> re-ordered some seeds, then successfully germinated them and planted the
> seedlings. As a result, half of my plants are quite a bit further behind
> than the others. I gave several of the other plants I had germinated
myself
> to a number of my relatives so we could have our own little friendly
> competition of novice pumpkin growing.
> 
> When I planted the two peat pellet seedlings, I got them mixed up and now
> don't know which one is the AG and which one is the jack-o-lantern
variety.
> They are both doing fairly well and healthy so far. One has more "jagged"
> shaped leaves than the other, who's leaves are rounder with smoother
edges.
> Can anyone tell me which one is which by this description?
> 
> I had one flower open several days ago, but don't yet know how to tell
the
> difference between male and females.
> 
> Anyway, that's a update from this Alberta newbie. I'm enjoying the
suspense
> of seeing how my efforts pan out in the garden this fall and the kids
will
> enjoy making jack-o-lanterns, regardless of how big they are. It's also
fun
> feeling like I belong to an exclusive club of fellow pumpkin growers.
> 
> Good luck to everyone!
> Janis Schole
> jschole@west-teq.net
> 
>
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