Re: California as the Pumpkin Capital
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: California as the Pumpkin Capital
- From: H*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:05:05 EDT
Since Califonria has about every climatic condition in the book, it should be
the home a great pumpkin, and in fact has been. Chris Anderson will testify
to that. The only thing California lacks is long, long daylight hours.
But I think that a group of folks in the Napa region, who have gone from
grape vines to pumpkin vines, will be the big producers for the next few
years. The Central and Sacramento valleys just get too darn hot. The Napa
Valley is clse enough to the ocean to be colled off just enough.
Booneville has potential, but I understand that the transportation problem
out of the remote valley has caused problems. Landslidees, along with
bandits, attacks by logging truck drivers, raids by RV clubs - all these have
kept Mike and his clan from winning the big one.
I think that having land, lots of land, enough land to grow more than six
plants, is the key. The real pumpkin masters, though, seem to be north of the
45th parallel.
John
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