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Direct Start Update: 5/5/97.


Direct Start Update: 5/5/97.

Planted Monday evening 4/14/97.

Temperatures since planting:

Average Maximum: 59
Average Minimum: 35
High: 75
Low: 22


Planted in heated Direct Start Mounds, covered at night with a blanket.  (See
article on Dan’s Pumpkin Page for details.)

Mound #1

AG-553-92-GB (8 frozen seeds) Child of Ray Waterman’s 780.5 Parent of my 93
641 and a 93 630 in NH.

Update 5/5/97: 3 True leaves, largest leaf 9.5", yellow spots.

Mound #2

Primary: AG-717-91-MM (2 Frozen Seeds) Mike MacDonald parent of many 700+.

Update 5/5/97: 3 True leaves, largest leaf 8".

Backup : AG-917-96-PNZ (2 Seeds) Zehr 

Update 5/5/97: 3 True leaves, largest leaf 6.5".

Mound #3

Primary: AG-798-95-PNZ (2 Seeds) Zehr Parent of their World Record??

Update 5/5/97: 3 True leaves, largest leaf 7".

Backup #1: AG-887-95-LO (1 Frozen Seed) Lorrraine Orr

Update 5/5/97: 3 True leaves, largest leaf 7", yellow spots.

Backup #2: AG-846.5-95-LR (1 Frozen Seed) Child Of 567.5 Mombert

Update 5/5/97: 2 True leaves, largest leaf 6".

Yellow Spots: a curious trait that showed up in several strains about 8 years
ago, they don’t seem to have any effect on the plant.  They are not a
disease.
Wayne (Pumkinguy):  Do you have any info on this oddity?


My goal this year is 729.6 lbs.

George Brooks
N. Tewksbury, MA USA

Approximately 25 miles Northwest of Boston in the Merrimack River Valley.
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