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From:
w*@sprint.ca
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:10
AM
Subject: New Weigh-off in Ontario
Mark your calender growers in Ontario and else
where...open to the world......third weekend of September starting 2003......I
have obtained permission to hold a new Pumpkin Weigh-off in our town....there
will be a large cash prize yet to be finalized.....pumpkins....squash....tall
corn ...tall sunflower...largest tomato.....etc....we spend 6 months growing
our prize pumpkins and other vegetables only to have very few
weigh-offs....the west coast of the USA have many weigh-offs stretching out
the weigh-off season....here in Ontario other than small fairs there are
few....other than Ottawa...... Port Elgin...Wellington....Quebec ( only for
residents I believe )....St. Catherines....Simcoe....and the Royal Winter
Fair...our season for competing is short.....so plan now for an earlier
weigh-off and lets have more fun for a longer period next year.....hope to see
many October 19 in the town Wellington for the Prince Edawrd County
PUMPKINFEST....thanks Jim Ives..Bill Greer and Arnold Vader for a day my
myself and family love to come to......if you have a pumpkin bring one folks
its a great time ...........................wayne
Good job Wayne!
Québec does indeed have a few weigh-offs.
The first one is the Potirothon de Gentilly
which is always the last saturday of September. Our weigh-off is open to
anyone, but you have to join the club in the spring to be eligible for the
various seasonal activities (seed distribution, patch tours, weigh-off,
regatta, etc). Our weigh-off has no prize monies (BY
CHOICE!!). A beautiful trophy (if ya wanna keep it ya gotta
keep on winning), a ribbon and bragging rights is what we get here. The season
closing regatta is tomorrow. 20+ grown men and women sitting in their punkins
going down the Bécancour River, gotta love it.
Another one is the Oktoberfest (mmmm beeeeeer)
weigh-off held at Ladysmith, Qc. A great small town event, open to all. Was
held on Oct 6th. Todd beat me...grrrrrrrrrrrrrr hehehe.
There is another in Lennoxville, but I do not
know the particulars on that one.
Then there is the season ending show at the
Montréal Botanical Garden which is open to everyone. The pumpkins are dropped
off in mid-Oct and left there on display amongst thousands of decorated
pumpkins. We retrieve our seeds after the award night which is usually around
Halloween time. A wonderful event.
Hope this helps,
Rock
