Re: Denise wants to start an official weigh-off site

Denise

Good luck in your quest for a weigh off site. It would be nice to have one
on the Island somewhere.

Jake

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> From: denise beck <denise@saltspring.com>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Denise wants to start an official weigh-off site
> Date: May 5, 1998 12:27 PM
> 
> Hi, guys, I bet you all wondered what had become of me. Busy gardening.
> Have five pumpkins in two-gallon pots at three true leaf stage showing
> signs of flower buds at the leaf axils: they are the Anderson 977,
815(two
> of these), and 643(or is it 634?) and the Langevin 963. Also have three
> others sent to me later by Farmer Gus: the Lloyd, the Geerts and the
> MacDonald, all of which are doing well at two leaves, though the
> MacDonald(one tiny true leaf) is the most behind because of an
experimental
> planting in garden soil and chicken manure in a peat pot instead of
proper
> potting soil in a plastic pot. It took the longest to germinate - almost
> two weeks, compared to seven days for the Geerts and the Lloyd and five
> days for all the others. What can I say? I ran out of potting soil and
was
> feeling flush with high-quality-genetics pumpkins so decided to
experiment
> with the smallest-weight-genetic one I had.
> 
> SO! I now need an official weigh-off site, here on Saltspring Island. The
> local publisher of our weekly newspaper who was my only competition at
the
> Fall Fair last year (in the category "heaviest squash" ) is interested in
> my idea to sponsor a proper weigh-off with prizes. So how do we go about
> being certified? I expect that Duncan's uncle Bill Verchere from
Ladysmith
> would travel here, and maybe there are other growers on Vancouver Island
or
> some of the smaller Gulf Islands who would also attend, who knows?
> Do we have to form a Salt Spring Island Pumpkin-Growers' Association? We
> have access to a large scale, but it's not a digital one, is that okay?
We
> want our weights to be eligible for consideration in the world results.
> Fall Fair is third weekend in September, so results would be then.
> 
> Denise McCann Beck, Earth Island Organics
> USDA Zone 7
> Sunset Western 4
> Coastal Bristish Columbia
> 
> >>From: "McAlpine, Duncan G" <Duncan.McAlpine@PSS.Boeing.com>
> >>Subject: Create a listing for Pumpkin Weighoff sites....
> 
> >>Please support this idea.  I would like to create a listing of pumpkin
> >>weigh off sites and their supporting membership address.  If successful
> >>with everyone's help, we will be able to send them to the archives or
> >>make a homepage showing this listing.   The sites provided on Dan's
page
> >>addresses only the weighoff sites, but for new members who would like
to
> >>join a local organization might want to become a member  prior to the
> >>weigh off.  Sometimes the membership address is different than the
> >>weighoff site, so if you would like to help your local site, now is the
> >>time.  If you have an address where they can submit membership fee,
> >>please provide the address.  I will provide an example for PNWGPG.    
I
> >>have not listed Canada but will conduct this process if successful.
> 
> >>Please also identify the state you believe people will travel from to
> >>weigh their pumpkin.
> 
> 
> 
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