Re: The Butterball Family
Hi Chad,
Yup, some of them where grown on their bottoms. However, the
pumpkins came out a nicer rounder shape when grown on their
sides.
I would be happy to share seeds. Most of the pumpkins from my
Butterball plant were immature when I harveted them but two of
them Butterbuns and Blunderbus should have plenty of seeds.
These two pumpkins were selfed. I also will have some from my
931 (1230 Daletas) which is crossed with my Butterball plant.
Just send a bubblepack to:
Vince Zunino
26555 Ascension Drive
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Best of luck,
vince
--- chad morse <jmorse2@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> Wow! Cool link. Did you let some of them grow on their
> bottoms to get them so short and wide?
>
> I love the bright orange color! Any help for seeds that will
> give me that BRIGHT orange color?
>
> You can e-mail me privately if you would like
> jmorse2@columbus.rr.com
> Chad
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "vince" <anaid_tecuod@yahoo.com>
> To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 6:56 PM
> Subject: The Butterball Family
>
>
> > I used one of my plants (831 Zunino) this year to grow
> smaller
> > display pumpkins. I ended up with a total of 17 pumpkins
> on
> > this plant, most weighing between 200 and 350 pounds. I
> > estimate the total combined weight of these pumpkins to be
> > 2,970 pounds!
> >
> > This pumpkin plant grew in an 800 square foot plot. That
> works
> > out to 3.8 pounds of pumpkin per square foot of patch!
> Most of
> > these pumpkins I removed from the vine when they reached
> about
> > 200 pounds - none were allowed to mature fully on the vine.
> >
> > I ended up with a wonderful family of pumpkins - some so
> orange
> > that they hurt your eyes in bright sun. The biggest was
> > Blunderbuss at 353 pounds. This was the nicest shaped and
> > colored pumpkin of the bunch. Butterbuns wowed them at Elk
> > Grove and Butternut was a smash hit at my daughter's first
> > grade class. Butterbaby (267 lbs) was donated to charity
> and
> > was auctioned off for $225. Each member of the Butterball
> > family has a story....
> >
> > If you'd like to meet the whole family, go to this link:
> >
> > http://home.pacbell.net/diana_do/butterball.htm
> >
> > I assume that 3,000 pounds on one plant is not a record,
> but I
> > figure it is probably about max. for 800 square feet.
> >
> > vince
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