Re: Green mottle Bad ?
John,
I used to feel like you did on this subject, until it happened to me.. My
whole Andersen 815 story from 1998 was well documented, and I didnt think I would
get over the fact that it was green , not orange.. When you only have so much
space to grow pumpkins in, and then after all that prepping with this list,
buying videos, purchasing both Langevins books, it happened.. I got a squash from
a pumpkin seed. After some severe counseling from my fellow growers , I decided I
wasnt gonna go through with the abortion, just because of skin color. It too
needed to be loved, and after spending an entire season with "Dark Horse", I
found a new appreication for the green monsters.... And in fact, I too learned
that care is exactly the same as those orange ones, and the basic genetic makeup
is the same, although coloring is diferent.. But didnt we go through this back in
the mid 1800's with President Lincoln and some other colors? (Now there is a can
of worms for ya...) My prediction...... The outcome will eventually be the same..
green and orange , together...... No segregation from fruit color.... The
crossing has already been done with these two colors of fruits years ago in most
family trees, if you dont think so, go check out Mike Nepreny's site.. Its all
there.. If beliefs are out there that squash dont belong, then why not take this
witch hunt to keep greenout of contests one step farther, why not have people
show up with seed parantage, and if it is found to have squash in its background,
it can not qualify as "purebred".... Because in the true sense of AG plants, it
is now a hybrid, not purebred. if it has the squash makeup in its background..
Is that my two cents, or my 2 bucks worth?
Heilmanjon@aol.com wrote:
> Well, you would go open a can of worms.
> Here are my thoughts.
>
> If it is not orange, it is not a pumpkin. The whole magic of pumpkins has to
> do with the fall colors, Halloween, and that whole culture. That is where the
> attraction comes from, from the kid part in the adults, and from the kids.
>
> If it is green, it is not a pumpkin, or at least, not healthy one. It could
> be the heaviest hybrid cucubrit, but that is a different contest from one for
> pumpkins. I am not particularly comfortable with white "pumpkins," giant or
> casper the ghost variety.
>
> Do we need a spectrometer to measure - color samples, judging decisions
> required for a certain majority? That is the sticky part.
>
> Will we get into rules' committees, various sites with different standards?
> Civil war, pumpkin patch raids, spray painting the enemies crop - the
> possibilities are many and evil.
> Mike, what have you done!
> John
>
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