RE: $50,000 Prize
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: RE: $50,000 Prize
- From: A* &* S* E* <e*@magma.ca>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 20:35:56 -0400 (EDT)
Bob-Haven't heard about the $50,000 for a 1200 pounder but if the prize does
exist it is probably safe for many years,at least until you
retire.-----------------Al E.
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At 08:48 23/07/98 -0700, you wrote:
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>Reprint from Tuesday's July 21st Local Newspaper
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>Mammoth Pumpkin on the Vine
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>VITTORIA. Ont. (CP) - This could be the summer which Ken Armstrong sets the
pumpkin-growing world on its ear.
>In his backyard near Vittoria, south of Simcoe, lies a pumpkin estimated to
weigh 160 kilograms (352 lbs).
>If t he gourd maintains its current pace without cracking, it should
eclipse the record of 482 kg set in New York state in 1996.
>It's been an unreal year. Everything is up and down. Some people have
nothing to speak of and a lot of my vines are doing nothing, Armstrong said.
>"But I have this one that's gone crazy." Armstrong could win a $50,000
prize if the pumpkin tops the 546-kilogram mark (1200 lbs.).
>Records of a 460-kg pumpkin grown in Stouffville, Ont. two years ago
(Hoult's) demonstrate the possibilities of Armstrong's pumpkin. That
pumpkin - which came in 20 kg shy of the world record - didn't reach the
size of Armstrong's until mid-August. It also didn't make it to the scales.
>Armstrong attributes his success to planting his vines early. Most growers
wait for the warm weather to arrive, but he had his in by May 1.
>Armstrong produced a 396-kg (870 lbs.) pumpkin last year, one of the five
largest in the local area.
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>Does anyone know about the 1200 lb $50,000 prize that they are talking about?
>Or is this just Newspaper Lies?
>Bob
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