RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #159
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- Subject: RE: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #159
- From: "* J* <w*@sacredheart.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:44:55 -0500
Sorry to write here...
I am trying to unsubscribe and it did not work - nail me if you must but
I did try. I enjoy the list and am moving jobs now - hope to be back
soon...
Please unsubscribe me when you can.
Thanks,
Jim
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>Sent: Sunday, March 15, 1998 4:01 AM
>To: pumpkins-digest@mallorn.com
>Subject: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #159
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>pumpkins DIGEST Sunday, March 15 1998 Volume 01 : Number 159
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>In this issue:
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> OSLG # 2: $47
> OSLG Silent Auction #2
> ignore this message
> Explanation required for New members to pumpkin growing.
> R Non-member submission from [HMBDON <HMBDON@aol.com>]
> 53 bid was sent to GUS
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>Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 06:40:41 -0900
>From: gail ballou <ballou@mosquitonet.com>
>Subject: OSLG # 2: $47
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>Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 11:33:15 -0400
>From: farmrgus@magi.com (Gus Saunders)
>Subject: OSLG Silent Auction #2
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>Lets loosen up a bit. The Zehr 975 is the mother seed of their 1061 and
>the Geerts 559 is one of the 3 most sought after seeds in the world today.
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>Remember this auction is open to the Pumpkin Email group and the "digest"
>readers only. We wonder what the bid would be if we were doing this silent
>auction through our newspaper.
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>The funds from these auctions will go into the general funds of the
>Ottawa-St.Lawrence Growers and help us put out a better newspaper.
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>All the best!
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>Gus Saunders
>Ottawa-St.Lawrence Growers
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>http://infoweb.magi.com/~farmrgus/
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>Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 16:42:16 -0900 (AKST)
>From: gail ballou <ballou@mosquitonet.com>
>Subject: ignore this message
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>Just a test message to see whether the list is working; haven't received
>any postings all day, which ordinarily wouldn't matter, but I'm
>interesting in tracking the bidding on OSLG's 3 seeds and don't want to be
>left in the dark!
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>Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 19:23:16 -0700
>From: Duncan <mcalpin@eskimo.com>
>Subject: Explanation required for New members to pumpkin growing.
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>The seed auctions are provided to generate funds for local pumpkin
>growing groups. A lot of you are probably scratching your head ....
>"Why are these people paying up to 50 USD for a pumpkin seed?"
>
>When you get hooked into this sport, you look for every avenue to grow
>that mammoth pumpkin. The seeds you are reading about are proven
>seeds that can provide a large pumpkin if all the proper growing
>conditions are provided.
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>The rule of thumb is:
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>If you know of a certain seed (family name with weight, ex. "Zehr
>1061") produces a large pumpkins, then your chances are much greater to
>grow a large pumpkin.
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>If the pumpkin is new (Anderson 977) then there is no statistical data
>available to understand if the seeds are duds.
>
>So....research the family tree of that seed and understand the pumpkin
>weights which were achieved from that seed.
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>I hope this helps.....maybe someone can do better.
>
>The two seeds I mentioned above are only examples of family names and
>weights only.
>
>Duncan
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>Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 19:38:30 -0700
>From: Duncan <mcalpin@eskimo.com>
>Subject: R Non-member submission from [HMBDON <HMBDON@aol.com>]
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>>
>>
>> Does anyone know any history about any of these seeds, I am having a hard
>>time
>> deciding what to plant.
>> Eaton 739# '96
>> La Rue 764# '95
>> Black 727# '96
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>> Any information would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise I may have to try
>>out
>> some unproven seed.
>> Don
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>Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 19:45:16 -0700
>From: Duncan <mcalpin@eskimo.com>
>Subject: 53 bid was sent to GUS
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>I received a bid for 53USD which bounced due to an email error. This
>bid will not show up on the archives or your email . It is up to Gus
>to determine the final winner.
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