Re: Holland's 697 - Andersen 815

Don,


I grew the 697 last year which produced my 815 at the Half Moon Bay Weigh
off. Joel Holland, Kirk Mombert and Jack & Sherry LaRue also grew the 697.
It did not produce much to speak of  for them. It is a very slow growing
compact plant. The fruit also grows very slow putting on much of it's weight
towards the later part of the season. It does have the tendency to produce
sag lines as was the case with the double sag lines in my Half Moon Bay
pumpkin. While the pumpkin was 3% heavy indicating thick walls, the walls
have a tendency to be thin in the upper portion of the fruit. The stems are
extremely long 8"- 9" making it an easy pumpkin to work with in terms of
stem stress. Hope this helps.

Chris Andersen
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>I am thinking about planting a Ciliberto 697 in my one and only patch.  I
saw
>on Joel Hollands 97 video that he was growing a 697.  He talked about how
the
>pumpkins started off great, but that was about it.  Does anyone know how
Joel
>did with the 697's he grew last year?
>Don
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