Seed selection - Floaters and Sinkers

As I dissected my AG and washed the seeds yesterday, I noticed that I
had about 2/3 of the seeds rose to the top of the water and floated
happily as I expected them to.  The remaining 1/3 sunk to the bottom and
stayed there.

This raises the question for me of whether their is a density
characteristic packed into those sinkers that could produce a heavy
pumpkin?  Did those seeds crack and take in water making them sink?
Curious enough to try again, I took some seeds from a Wyatt's Wonder
that I had already harvested and dried.  Again, most of the seeds
floated, while some still sunk like the housing market.

Has anyone heard of or experienced a correlation between Floater/Sinkers
and fruit Density/Size?


Regards,

Scott

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