RE: Reply:why will people pay $80+ for a 946?
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Reply:why will people pay $80+ for a 946?
- From: M* C*
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:57:51 -0800
Well for my two cents worth, a big part of why someone will pay that much
for a 946
seed is that AG growers are a generous lot, and will spend a few extra bucks
to
help a growers group with their fundraising, or help an new group raise
funds to be a
sanctioned weigh off site with cash awards for the growers of the heaviest
fruit. They
are also a practical bunch and want to get something they perceive to be of
value for
this money. The 946 has qualified as a proven producer and even if it
doesn't produce
a large pumpkin for the grower who gets it, it's probably a good one to have
in your cross.
E.G. the Donkers 490, itself not a large fruit but it has a good looking
pedigree.
So if your budget doesn't allow for big spending on a proven seed and
you're seeking
a diamond in the rough, you spend the time studying the family trees and
plant what you
think will give you the best results. At the PNWGPG meeting I purchased
some seeds
and participated in the auction. I may never plant some of them but I
helped with the
funding for my local growers group and maybe someone will grow an 1100 lb.
pumpkin
this year with a seed that I also happen to have. That would certainly
influence what I
plant next year. Good luck to all this season. Lets see records topple in
every state and
province.
Chris Michalec
Covington, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rreynold [SMTP:rreynold@tiac.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 10:55 AM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Reply:why will people pay $80+ for a 946?
>
> I'm replying to my original question regarding the spending of $80 on a
> Geert's seed. I know why, literally, people feel they need to spend that.
> But, there are so many other great stocks out there with proven genes,
> that
> are just as likely to gorw a great pumkpin....at a fraction of the cost.
> Like someone said, the Geerts also fathered 400 small pumpkins last year.
> Putting $80 on one seed is like not spending any real effort looking at
> what
> other "smaller" pumkpins out there have equally strong genetics. I mean
> absolutely no offense to those spending that money.....just expressing my
> opinion and perhaps promoting the idea of studying "hard" regarding
> genetics. The sees need not come from a big pumpkin to father/mother a
> big
> pumpkin. Lookat the Donker 490 for instance, which produced a approx.
> 1100
> pumpkin, and undoutdetly that seed was free. These are the driving
> thoughts
> behind my question, "Why spend $80"
>
> Jennifer
>
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