Re: seeds from fruit with mosaic virus suck, don't use them!!!!!!

Stevo:
        Send a SASE and I  will send you clean seed, don't let the local
commercial grower know what you are trying to do, it could be the end of you,
this is their livlehood, not a joke to them.
        Put yourself in their place

                                                Bill Van

At 07:33 AM 11/29/1999 PST, you wrote:
>
>
>
>In a message dated 11/29/99 12:33:20 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>thepumpkinmaster@hotmail.com writes:
>
> > Attention everyone.  Don't be Steve's ginny pig by using his seeds.
> >  There are plenty of good seeds that for sure don't have the mosaic 
>virus.
>I
> >
> >  repeat, don't use Steve's seeds.
> >
>
>"Ginny pig"? Hmm.... Anyway, why are you dictating to people whether to grow
>or experiment with my seeds or not?! Dang, I think it is up to them, don't
>you?
>
>Yes, I think it is up to them, that is why I am informing them, so they can 
>make the right desition and not use your screwed up seeds.  I don't want 
>their seasons getting screwed up.  Heck, if they need seeds that bad they 
>can have mine.
>
>I am certainly not hiding the fact that the parent plant had a viral
>infection for those seeds. I think a lot of people might be interested to 
>see
>if it could be transmitted via seed.
>
>Yea, like I am interested in screwing up my whole year  getting a virus in 
>my patch.  Good reasoning.
>
>
>Besides I have one good batch of seed from my biggest pumpkin that did not
>have the virus whatsoever, so it obviously has a strong resistance to it. A
>trait that would lie undiscovered if my other plants would not have all had
>the virus.
>
>WOOOOOO, yea, the 150 llber.  And from hearing of your meathods, I wouldn't 
>be so sure that it doesn't have the virus.  Just knowing it was in the same 
>patch and that you never took care of the problem makes one wonder and I 
>would have to warn, DONT'T USE STEVE'S SEEDS EVEN IF HE SAYS IT DOESN'T HAVE 
>A VIRUS!!!!!!!!
>
>
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