green mottle bad

perhaps the squash is just misunderstood.  i mean how many people outside of our
hobby have heard of a giant squash?  i know that before i started growing, i
never heard of one, but i had heard of giant pumpkins before.   Pumpkins are
associated with fall, and halloween, and it's just natural curiosity for your
average onlooker to wonder about  who grew the largest.  But, should society
dictate our sport?, effectivly casting out the green girl?  i dont' think so.
Maybe making prize money equal is a good idea.  Making the "largest
curcurbit"..........well, i'm not sure on that one.  alot of people aren't going
to know what that is.  i mean, i can see the headlines, "so and so  grows
largest curcurbit"  people will be like "what the hell's a curcubit?"  but you
say "so and so grew the largest pumpkin" and everyone know's what that's all
about.  "saying so and so also grew the largest squash" might garner some
attention, but not so many people will know what that means.  Basically, i think
the largest pumpkin contest is not only for us, but for society, to celebrate
the fall, and halloween.  I think the largest squash is something that happened,
that society isn't well informed of.  I dont' know how true this is, but maybe
alot of people in the general public really dont' care about a squash, if it's
green, it ain't halloween.  I'm not saying that i feel that way, because i
don't.  If i had a squash, i would take care of it with the same effort i would
a pumpkin.  will people catch on?  who knows, will pumpkin masters make a squash
carving kit?  will we have squasholanterns on our front stoops? will charlie
brown, disgusted with not finding the great pumpkin turn his search to the giant
squash?  I dont' know, but for us, maybe equal prize money is a good idea
regardless of what hallmark says

scott.


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