RE: pumpkin color

	I brought up the same thought in a letter to Mike in Akron
yesterday.  Mine were the best orange color of all the pumpkins I had
seen at various weigh-offs here in the Northwest this year and I had
used burlap for a shade cloth which filtered the light that reached
them.  Most of the growers with the really bigguns were using blue tarps
and keeping the fruit in complete shade as soon as they decided they had
a keeper.  Mike seems to think its mostly a matter of genetics to get
the good color.  I know some fruits like tomatoes can ripen and turn
color in the absence of light but I really don't know how it works with
AG's.  There sure is a lot of variety in the colors I saw though.
Everything from a creamy beige to my bright orange, some even mottled
with some green.  Any other ideas out there?

Chris Michalec	
Covington, WA

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bev [SMTP:vycital@dnet.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 05, 1997 2:35 PM
> To:	pumpkin group
> Subject:	pumpkin color
> 
> Just had a thought.... I used landscaping fabric as my pumpkin shade &
> my pumpkin came out a nice orange color.  The fabric "filtered" the
> light.  If you use a shade (like a tarp) that completely blocks the
> sun,
> will this affect the color of your pumpkin? Making it lighter???
> 
> Bev from N.C.
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