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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
