RE: Cucurbits, pumpkins, squash, squmpkins--AHHH!

I think the problem with a grid system would be one of making a
two-dimensional device work on decidedly three-dimensional blobs. A
more-or-less, kinda-sorta round pumpkin does not lend itself well to a grid
system. Unless all pumpkins were of uniform shape, applying a series of
squares to one only invites more subjectivity.

There really is no way to eliminate subjectivity from judging pumpkin color.
The only way to eliminate the subjectivity is to eliminate the judging. The
only way to eliminate judging is to accept all colors -- to require only one
color (orange) encourages arguments over shades of that color (is "cream"
just a really pale shade of orange?).

As soon as a color test is applied, subjectivity will rule the day. However,
subjective judging is used successfully in baseball, football, boxing, ice
dancing, the Miss America pageant, Rock Rivard's Ugly Pumpkin contest, and
many more events. Is that a bad thing? No, unless the judge is corrupt. If
the judge is genuinely fair, accept the ruling and move on.

Paul Thompson
Armada, Michigan

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