Re: color ruling
Let's face it folks, the heavyweights are the true crowd pleasers. Just go
to a weigh-off as a spectator and listen to the wows by the crowd for the
three heaviest pumpkins. I hear alot of mystique surrounding the so called
"squash", other than color (discrimination? :-)) they are truly pumpkins as
well. The most frequent line I've heard by non-growers is , "and that one
wasn't even done growing yet." They equate the Giants with the field type
pumpkin and there you have it. There are pinkish, red gene, green, lime,
light orange, cream, yellow, cantalope color, etc.,etc.
Where do you truly draw the line.
If you want a beauty contest you're in the wrong "sport." The BIG BOY is
what we truly want to see.
In good faith,
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lyle Rockwell" <rocky.r@cyber-quest.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:09 PM
Subject: 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..
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> 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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