Re: season ending Brock561 & 706, Failor's 444 & Shapiro 506

John,
	I'm happy to see you had a great year and the 444 did well for you.
It looks like the 450 was the biggest the 444 has produced.It has seemed to
produce two color variations- medium orange and light cream-yellow color.
The orange catelope alot and the light color, hardly at all.


Later,
John




>Last spring I received the following seed and promised I'd let you know
>how they turned out.
>
>Brock 561 had two high shouldered pumpkins going, this plant received
>minimal fertilization & watering.  Smaller one developed rot on bottom,
>larger one reached 298.5 inches and 553 pounds placing tenth at Anamosa.
>Very thick shouldered. The seed from this will be Brock 561 x Brock 706
>
>Brock 706 was a flatter pumpkin, almost all fruit were pear shaped but
>one.  I ended up pushing the one symetrical fruit to 314 inches before
>blossom end opened up in the middle of August.  This one grew fast,
>possibly on pace to reach about 740 pounds, but I gave it to much
>fertilizer once growth slowed down a little, it picked up pace again but
>split on me. It's thickness was in the 5-8 inch range.  I kept the seed
>which is crossed to the Brock 561.
>
>Failor's 444 had a pony barrel grow to an estimated 450 pounds before
>rot set in.  I started another in early August that reached a measured
>weight of 412 pounds they both were light colored and seemed immature
>all the time, no canteloping or dark orange noticed, plant grew very
>strongly. My daughter had claim to this plant and she never did bury any
>of the vines but still managed first place at a local contest.
>
>Shapiro's 506 had 4 pumpkins on it at one time, one rotted and two were
>culled at about 250 pounds each, the last one measured out at about 467
>pounds but feels very dense.  It'll make a nice round giant
>Jack-O-Latern.
>
>Thank-you Fellow Pumpkin Growers for the seed !!!
>
>Next Year !!
>
>cornhusk

John


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