Re: Tricks of the Trade
The only thing getting bigger from this talk are our legs.... You guys are
about to pull them off!!
----- Original Message -----
From: <Ezpumpkin@aol.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: Tricks of the Trade
> Ray,
>
> I have been to China many times, but for my day job. I am sincerely
jealous
> as I never saw a Nangua (pumpkin) in the field there.I do know that the
> Chinese people know how to talk to their pumpkins. A group of Chinese
friends
> visited my patch one year. One of them went up to my largest and gently
> stroked and talked to the pumpkin. Well, that pumpkin literally went on a
> growth spurt and turned into the largest one I had ever grown at that
time!
>
> What he said to the pumpkin that day has been my secret ever since. And,
each
> year I have beat my own personal best. But, I'll consider trading secrets
as
> I agree with you that the ancient Chinese secrets are of great value.
>
> As that old Chinese saying goes "A pumpkin on the porch is worth two on
the
> vine!"
>
>
> Bob Matthews,
>
> <A HREF="http://pumpkinnook.com/">Pumpkin Nook</A>
>
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