color ruling
This is the ruling, as copied from bigpumpkins.com...
I am not totally thrilled with it, as it it basically took the grid they
had, and deleted the bottom as part of the 75 percent "pumpkin color" to
rule it a pumpkin. Read on, and decide for yourself..
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Color requirements - To be eligible for the heaviest pumpkin, and to
qualify for GPC prize money, the pumpkin must be 75% to 100% pumpkin
color or colors. (See stipulation 6a below). All others will be
considered squash.
6a. Pumpkin colors will include orange, red, yellow,
tan, cream, white, and/or
combinations of these colors. Squash colors will
include green, gray, blue and/or
combinations of these colors.
6b. All of the surface area of the entry, (including
the area between the ribs) visible
when the pumpkin is resting in the position it was
grown, must be considered. The
color of the (not visible) area underneath the pumpkin
will not be considered.
6c. Any pumpkin arriving at a weigh-off that is
questionable, color wise, will be set
aside for Special Attention, requiring that five (not
two or three) judges will utimately
rule on such entries. The five judges will be composed
of the original two judges,
plus the site
co-ordinator, plus two experienced growers appointed
by the site co-ordinator prior
to the weigh-off. These last two appointed "deputy"
judges must not have grown an
entry in question, and they must not have entries in
the weigh-off that appear to be
in the top five. A vote by these five will make the
final decision on the questionable
entries.
6d. Before the weigh-off begins, a grower may request
that the five "Special
Consideration" judges inspect his or her entry on its
classification; pumpkin or
squash. (This is to correctly position the entry for
judging in the appropriate class at
those sites where pumpkins and squash are displayed
and weighed at different
times).
In order to assist the five judges who will rule on
questionalbe entries, the Steering
Committee will supply each site co-ordinator with a
selection of color photos,
perhaps a dozen or 15 in number, to help define the
acceptable and rejectable color
parameters. These photos will be mailed to the site
co-ordinator two or three week
prior to October
--
Rocky Rockwell
http://www.PGPGA.com
http://home.cyber-quest.com/rocky.r
http://www.pgpga.com/reunion.htm (AHS Class reunion website)
You might be a Redneck if...
You go to the stock car races and don't need a program.
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