Re: easy to tell if it is squash...
Amen to that Brett.. Lets stop talking.. and start adressing.. green is
green, all else is a pumpkin. Lets not let money driven sponsors drive
the GPC.. They (sponsors) can manhandle the individual events because of
thier preconceived notions that all pumpkins have to be orange orange
orange, but when the money is affecting the GPC, which it clearly did
this year, we need to sit down and talk and reslove..
Orion910@aol.com wrote:
>
> After the weighoff in Canby, I agree too. If its all green, its
> squash, all others, pumpkins. It was hard to see two fruit that were
> pumpkins early that turned into squash by weighoff day, ruled a
> squash, and were pumpkins. Ahhh this is nuts, and puts judges,
> growers, and coordinators in a crappy situation. I was there. I have
> been screwed both ways by the 25/75 thing. I lost a spot in 2000 in
> the GPC prize list when a certain 1000 pound squash (by current
> standards) was ruled a pumpkin, and lost the GPC squash title when a
> pumpkin (by current standards) was ruled a squash also in 2000. The
> grower didn't even want the pumpkin to be a squash. I even think he
> was a bit pissed.
> We have good rules now, but we also need someone with brass spheres to
> enforce them. The other option, is to go all green is a squash, all
> else is a pumpkin. Lets level this playing field. This controversial
> subject is at a head and needs to be resolved.
>
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