Re: why will people pay $80+ for a 946?
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- Subject: Re: why will people pay $80+ for a 946?
- From: M*@granite.k12.ut.us (Matthew Isom)
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:19:27 +0000
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Jennifer Reynolds asks, "Could someone please tell me why people
are bidding so much money on that Geert's seed!
$80 is an awful lot for one seed, isn't it?" Well, now, we all know
why, don't we? Heck, if we're willing to spend 6 hours a day in the
patch (that's about $10,000 worth of time at even mediocre pay rates
like mine) then $80+ is nothing when it gives us the dream of popping
a 1056 or 1010 pounder (two in one year plus many other huge ones IS
pretty amazing). What I wonder about, though, is just how much
greater are my chances with a 946 seed than they are with the 1092,
1010, 937, 974 or Brett Hester's 720 (Ciliberto 697 X Mombert 567)
. . . or many other seeds with great parentage. Hard to say.
WHAT I REALLY WONDER ABOUT IS JUST WHAT KIND OF ODDS DOES ONE HAVE
WITH AN AMAZING SEED LIKE THE 946 OR MOMBERT 567? IS AN EXCELLENT
GROWER PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEED A 700+ PUMPKIN WITH ONE OF THESE SEEDS?
1N 1997 AND 1998 THERE WERE PROBABLY 400 FAIRLY SMALL PUMPKINS
PRODUCED BY THE 946. WOULD SOMEONE LIKE GEERTS HIMSELF BE ABLE TO
TAKE THIS $80 SEED (I PREDICT IT WILL FINALLY GO FOR AROUND $140) AND
FEEL CONFIDENT OF PRODUCING A BIG ONE? I doubt it, but the key is
that the chances with the 946 are quite a bit better than they are
with other really good looking seeds (like 1in 50 as opposed to 1 in
400 or 1 in 2,000).
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