Re: Ottawa Comments

Thanks Al for the report, not so long at all
Sorry for your pumpkin's pin hole
Sharing knowledge and genetics info from great grower like you has certainly
contributed to increase top ten average in many weight-off sites.

Hoping to be kept on your list
Claude C.

----- 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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