Re: Ottawa Comments
Thanks Al:
Glad everything went well, sorry about the pin hole. If one seed from your
02 is available I promise to grow it next year, if not I certainly
understand.
Your report was concise and accurate not longwinded at all.
Thanks:
Bob A.
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Eatons" <eatrich@magma.ca>
To: "'The Group'" <pumpkins@hort.net>
Cc: "'Lara Dubois'" <events@byward-market.com>; "'Ron Wallis'"
<walron@istar.ca>; "'Irene Hennigar'" <tipac@ns.sympatico.ca>; "'Chris
Eaton'" <chris.eaton@hamiltonrugby.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 7:14 AM
Subject: Ottawa Comments
> Fellow Growers--the Ottawa site was under new management this year,with
some
> capable "hands on" help from experienced volunteers,and the whole
operation
> unfolded quite well.Since there is no longer an Ottawa newsletter,I
thought
> it would be in order to make a brief report with some comments and
> impressions.
>
> The weather was close to perfect,the crowd the largest I can recall and
the
> AGs more impressive that ever.In general we growers agreed that there was
a
> lot more "color" to the pumpkins,with the various shades of orange/red
than
> ever before.Whereas in the mid-1990s here tan/tawny/pale/light colors were
> predominate,the change we are seeing in the evolution of the AG species is
> quite remarkable.That is another whole story by itself.
>
> Also we speculated that our top 10 average would reach 1000 pounds,but it
> turned out to be 977 for our "team"Some other team results are:
>
> 1.Topsfield,MA--------------1026------------last year #2
> 2.Canby,OR--------------------986-------------------------#1
> 3.Ottawa,ON-------------------977-------------------------#3
> 4.Canfield,OH------------------946-------------------------#4
> 5.Windsor,NS------------------925-------------------------#8
>
> This listing may change before the season is over,meanwhile if there are
any
> errors or omissions in the above list please tell me.
>
> There were pumpkins weighing 791,1018,1070 and 1236 that were either DQs
or
> EXHs and of course they don't qualify for the official list.
>
> As for my own pride and joy,at least it was until an expected "pin hole"
was
> discovered by the judges,the line in my notes will show as
> follows:------1236 Eaton 02(DQ)----723 Bobier 99(UOW) x 846 Calai 99. It
> was 174 + 103 + 103 = 380" ,1095 estimated.It was disqualified,and rightly
> so.Oh well,that's part of the game.We all get to try again next year.
>
> I didn't do anything special with this plant,it was just average
> looking,fruit pollinated late on July 16.My notes show IRONITE was used
and
> I did not add any manure,only my own leaf compost.I used the "Xmas Tree"
> layout and measured my total leaf area as 500 square feet.The seed did the
> work-----------thanks Bill Bobier,and all the earlier genes,for that
little
> gem.
>
> Lara Dubois,the "Special Events Coordinator" for the Byward Market
deserves
> a compliment for the successful unfolding of everything on Oct 5.It may
have
> all been a bit new to you,but you did a great job and it can only get
easier
> each year.
>
> Lara has placed the Ottawa results on www.byward-market.com
>
> Click on----------------what's on----------------then----------------Great
> Pumpkin Weigh-Off
>
> Sorry to be so long winded,but this seems to be as short as I could make
the
> message.
>
> I'll try to keep quiet for awile now-----------Al Eaton
>
>
>
>
>
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