Re: easy to tell if it is squash...
I see your point larry. thanks for the info. yes, i agree it certianly would
be hard to tell if it 60% or not. What makes 25% that much easier? I would
go for a 100% green that is fine with me....was just a suggestion on the 60%
thing. i know it would be hard to follow. should be just a 100% and it is a
squash, anything else is pumpkin.
casey
There in lies the problem, if the standard was let's say 60%, how do you
know if it is 59% or 61% or what the ratio truly is??? As Rocky stated,
true squash just stand out. Why not make it 100% green, no room for error
then.
Larry
At 09:13 AM 10/9/01 -0700, you wrote:
>
> "If its all green, its squash, all others, pumpkins." --Hester
>
> "if it's all orange, its a pumpkin, all others squash. --Gordon
>
>ok...I like brett's comment better. I think that instead of 25% green it
>should be more like 60% green to be considered a squash. It does not take
>much to make a pumpkin a squash with 25% green. I think the development
of
>green is not totally controlable by the grower. And if you can tell the
>underlying color is orange, cream, yellow, pink or whatever, under that
>green, it should be a pumpkin. Especially if you can tell with 35% green
or
>less.
>
>In my case this year, i had a 876.5 lloyd pumpkin turn close to 90% green
>(more of a grayish color actually) on me...and yes i do consider that a
>squash, you could not see or tell an underlying orange, cream, or pink
color
>on more than 60% on it. If anyone wants to see a pic of my 590.5 from the
>876.5 lloyd and see a pumpkin that turned to almost a real squash, send
me
>an email privately.
>
>this is my opinion and suggestion.
>
>thanks
>
>
>Casey Neuville
>Amherst Jct., WI
>personal best-"Iris"~762lbs in 2000
>
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