Re: Simese Twin
- Subject: Re: Simese Twin
- From: H* W*
- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 09:53:23 -0400
In 1993 Dan Smerek weighed as] siamese pumpkin in at Port Elgin at 700.5
pounds. The travel had caused the pumpkin to start to crack at the
weigh-off but it still passed. At the Sarnia weigh-off a rule states that
the blossom end and stem must each be on.
Good luck with yours Harry
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> From: brocfarm <brocfarm@pacific.pacific.net>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Simese Twin
> Date: Friday, July 16, 1999 10:59 PM
>
> >Things have been getting tense here on the list, what with pollinating
the
> >big one, burying vines, and fighting early bugs. So I have a lighter,
yet
> >still real question to distract us.
> >
> >On my LaRue 750, which had a flat vine that spit into two rounds, are
(is) a
> >double blossom. That is, two blossoms and their attached buds are
together,
> >forming a figure eight bud rather than a 0 shaped bud. (This on the
other end
> >of the plant from the flat vine.) There are two ovaries going down into
one
> >bud-mass. So here is my question.
> >When this matures and I bring the 1,500 lb fruit to the contest at Elk
Grove,
> >will I be able to declare it as one pumpkin, or will some testy master
> >gardener declare me an idiot to bother to rent the flatbed truck and
drive
> >200 miles on a fool's errand? Would the Safeway people at Half Moon Bay
pay
> >me to stay away rather than cause contention?
> >What do you think?
> >
> mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
>
> John,
>
> I think it is a sign from the pumpkin god that you have been chosen. Now
> all you have to do is get each half to weigh 546.5(Doable) then you will
> have the world record...............I will stand behind you
> .............thats is when the picture is shot.............seriously i
> think one stem means one pumpkin and shape is
> irrelevant.....................best of luck!!...brock
>
>
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