Re: Green mottle Bad ?
Well, i suppose it's my turn. I was one of the few here who interntionally
planted a squash plant this year. I planted an 815 Andersen, hoping for a
squash and i got one. Most people commented on the size, then on the
color. My reasons for planting a squash were both because i had never
grown one, and also because I would have been able to enter another
category at the weighoff. If I had my way, there would still be two
categories, squash and pumpkin. More than 50% of the color, and you're in
that category. The thing I would like to see is equal money. All of us
know that the only difference is color. The plants are nearly physically
identical. It takes the same amount of work to grow each. The thing is
that everyone not associated with growing them have the image of an orange
pumpkin etched into their mind, and this is what the sponsors pay for. I
think that in a few years, things will slowly change. I don't think that
we need more money for prizes, but more equal money. Some places it is
already starting, i think.
Andy Wolf
Western NY
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> From: Lyle Rockwell <rocky.r@cyber-quest.com>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Green mottle Bad ?
> Date: Sunday, November 14, 1999 11:58 PM
>
> 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?
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