HMB
Sat this one out just to give ya a chance this year ....... HeHe ......
I'm out of town on business but "Ill be back" ........
Bob
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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of vince
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 3:16 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Bubbles and the Beautification of Half Moon Bay
It was a beautiful day in Half Moon Bay for a weigh-off and
there were hordes of gourds lining the streets - outnumbering
the news reporters by a small margin (I think).
Most the top growers on the West Coast were there - (except,
Bob Troy who was mysteriously absent, humm). The entire
Pacific Northwest crowd was there - and dominated the standings
with their monstrous beasts. What a tough bunch of competitors
these folks are. They were talking to their pumpkins more than
they would to the reporters so I figure they all got their
heads screwed on right.
Two California growers managed to get in the top ten and set a
personal best north of 1,000 pounds - Ray Barenchi and Gary
Miller. Congratulations to them. Wish I could figure out how
to do that....
This was a great contest to bring a pretty pumpkin to since
most the pumpkins there were big and ugly. I brought Lilu's
little sister, Bubbles (both on a 1048 Companion plant) to the
contest where she blew everybody away with her bright orange
smile. She took the Most Beautiful Pumpkin award without
batting an eyelash. She weighed in at 487 pounds in the buff.
Olivia, my 7 year old daugther blithely took all the credit and
refuses to share the prize money with me - $500 bucks and I'll
never see a dime of it!!
To see a photo-log of Bubbles' little adventure at HMB go to
this link:
http://zunino.net/bubbles/
Lilu will take on all comers at the Borchard's Farm weigh-off
this Saturday. Best of luck to all....
vince
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