Re: California as the Pumpkin Capital
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: California as the Pumpkin Capital
- From: V* B*
- Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:03:44 -0800
- References: <a785dd2a.24847db1@aol.com>
Big Big John,
I said that a million times that I have been robbed..............a logging
truck push me off the road and a landslide burried my 9+...................and
all i gotten from folks at the local -offs weigh is a cup of quarters .....to
call someone who really cares. I am highly suspect of the wine makers growing
pumpkins I think their cheaper than buying oak barrels...........and off course
we will have to pay extra for the hint of pumpkin pie
flavor.............Thankgiving Special $58.00
Heilmanjon@aol.com wrote:
> 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
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE PUMPKINS
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PUMPKINS