Re: Champions Of Orange
Glenn,
For some growers there are other characteristics of importance besides the weight. I'd rather have a round and beautiful orange pumpkin than one of those "big heavy blobs that look like cowpies" that might be a few pounds heavier.
This year I had a very orange and beautiful pumpkin off the 801.5 Stelts that weighed 495lbs. I loved it considerably more than my 658lbs German record pumpkin from 2002 that was one of those ugly, white wheel shaped ones.
I'm growing AGs for the fun of it and so I grow whatever gives me the greatest pleasure, the beautiful orange ones.
Martin
PS: Very nice fruits, Vince. I will make sure to send you some of my seeds in the next few weeks and I'd be happy to get a few of yours in exchange!
"Glenn Peters" <gpeters@ll.mit.edu> schrieb:
> Vince: this ain't no beauty contest!!
>
> nice looking pumpkins, 3 pounds shy of the 1000mark
>
> At 11:26 AM 11/19/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> >My champions this year were orange... not so big but orange -
> >And big enough to garner some respect even if they actually
> >looked like pumpkins.
> >
> >I still think calling some of those big heavy blobs that look
> >like cowpies pumpkins is a stretch... but that's what won many
> >a weigh off this year.
> >
> >It's hard to argue with a large knarly, multicolored glob that
> >weighs more than your truck so they take home most the prize
> >money.
> >
> >The masses will revolt some day and say.... wait a minute -
> >that ain't no stinkin' pumpkin.....
> >
> >So my Champions sit under a tree in my front yard and are the
> >wonder of the neighborhood. Most wonder what the hell they are
> >doing there, and write me off as an eccentric. What me worry -
> >I still find them veiled in a certain magic even if I haven't
> >figured out quite what to do with them...
> >
> >One of these days they will probably take over the planet and
> >we will all become just fertilizer but until then you can catch
> >one last glimpse of my crop at:
> >
> >http://zunino.net/champions.htm
> >
> >Email me privately at: anaid-tecuod@yahoo.com if you would like
> >some seeds.
> >
> >vince
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> >
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