Re: 1994 Top Pumpkins
ONTARIO........
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From: "The Eatons" <eatrich@magma.ca>
To: "'The Group'" <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 9:32 AM
Subject: 1994 Top Pumpkins
> The year 1994 was a banner year for official giant pumpkins.Don Blacks
world
> record--the "884 Black 93" was shadowed by 4 over 900 pounds with the
"990
> Bax 94" becoming the new WR.
>
> 1994
>
> 1.Herman Bax ####--------990.0----Lyn,On----------#1 Ottawa,Ontario
>
> 2.Barry DeJong ####-------945.5----Brockville,ON-#2 Ottawa,Ontario
>
> 3.Glen Brown ####----------923.0----Bethel,MN------#1 Anamosa,Iowa
>
> 4.Craig Weir ####------------914.0----Salisbury,MA--#1 Topsfield,Mass.
>
> 5.Lorraine Orr------------------815.5-----Howick,QC-----#3 Ottawa,Ontario
>
> 6.Nathan Zehr ####----------804.0----Lowville,NY------#4 Ottawa,Ontario
>
> 7.Kirk Mombert----------------800.5----Harrisburg,OR--#1 Clackamas,Oregon
>
> 8.Don VanHoutte-------------796.5-----Armanda,MI-----#1 St John's,Michigan
>
> 9.Mike Macdonald-----------791.0-----Sherbrooke,QC-#5 Ottawa,Ontario
>
> 10.Len Stellpflug--------------786.0-----Rush,NY----------#1 Oswego,New
York
>
> Comments--the AG "center of gravity" seemed to hover somewhere in New
> York,Quebec and Ontario in 1994,with six in the worlds top ten.I notice
that
> in recent years the C of G.has wandered towards the west,across
> Pennsylvania,Ohio and now is (temporarily?) lodged in the
Washington-Oregon
> area.Any speculation on what 2002 will bring????
>
> ####--indicates those fruit whose genes have survived in our modern AGs to
> become members of the Canadian Honor Roll.There are now 73 pumpkins and
> squash from all past years on the CHR.Of the 5 indicated above,their
> importance to our present gene pool are ranked as follows:
>
> 1.804 Zehr 94
> 2.990 Bax 94
> 3.923 Brown 94
> 4.914 Weir 94
> 5.945.5 DeJong 94
>
> It is always worthwhile to look at past years.We have a tendancy to think
> next year will be like the last year but history shows that every year is
> very different.--------AE
>
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