Re:Great folk at Carnation
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re:Great folk at Carnation
- From: "* C* <t*@nortel.ca>
- Date: 06 Oct 1998 14:35 EDT
In message "Re:Great folk at Carnation", you write:
>Well fellow AG fanatics, it's over for another season, one where I reached
>another personal best and one where I met a great many new neat people. My
>wife and I thouroughly enjoyed the weigh off at Carnation and I was
>finally able to put faces with the names that have been seeing on the list.
>I especially would like to thank Jack LaRue for introducing me to many of
>the growers and to Geneva Emmons for sending me the map of the area and
>suggesting accomodations for Friday night.
>I said the season is over. Well, actually it's beginning all over again.
>Tomorrow I'll be putting putting three loads of manure on the garden along
>with lime. Have to start replacing the nutrients that these monsters sucked
>up during this past summer.
>As for my 764 van Kooten '98 (hey, I like that), It will go on display for
>awhile before the seeds are harvested. To those of you that had requested
>seed, I will send them out when they are properly dried.
>
>This year's been a hoot. Before we know it, we'll be doing it all over
>again.
>
>Jake van Kooten, Port Alberni, B.C.
>
Hi,
Congratulations on your pumpkin! I grew 2 pumpkins (552 & 540) and 1
squash (580). Overall I was happy but the 540 lb'r weighed very light, it
was supposed to weigh over 600. Anyway, I was wondering what the parentage
of your 764 was?
Regards,
Trevor Corkum (tcorkum@nortel.ca)
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