Re: Circleville, Ohio Weighoff?!
Steve:
It is an official site, I think it is the IPC. The problem with Circleville
is that they limit entrants to a 20 mile radius. I live in Canal
Winchester, OH which is about 17 miles from Circleville.
It is a great festival, but the pumpkins are small because of the
limitation. I currently have a pumpkin on the Mombert 828 plant that
measures 250" OTT. Very small. With the drought and heat, coupled with the
mosaic virus that hammered the growers in the immediate area, I have a shot
at a respectable placing.
Hopefully you are close enough. The weighoff is Wednesday Oct. 20 at 11:00
am. The record is 628 lbs. Hope this helps.
John J. Pritchard
Canal Winchester, OH
---Original Message-----
From: SteveS012@aol.com <SteveS012@aol.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Monday, October 04, 1999 4:40 PM
Subject: Circleville, Ohio Weighoff?!
>Hey, in OHIO magazine they had a BIG article about the weighoff in
>Circleville, Ohio.
>You guys are already acting like the weighoffs are over, the Circleville
one
>doesn't happen until the 23rd or so! This is the one that I would be able
to
>go to!
>The fact that it is later give me a better chance!!!! So I hope it counts!
>What organization does the Circleville weighoff? If I get my pumpkins big
>enough by then, I will certainly try to go!
>The article says that the RECORD pumpkin for it was only UNDER 700
pounds!!!!
>Is this for real?! Dang, that certainly would lower the curve for me! Here
I
>thought I would be laughed at at a big weighoff if I had anything under 900
>pounds!
>They had the GPC weighoff at Erie Orchards near here this last Saturday,
>(although no one mentioned it on th elist or on any web pages). Last year
the
>biggest was 800 pounds, this year it was just under 600, I think. We were
>gone Saturday, but when we went Sunday, in the rain, the last pumpkin was
>hauled off an hour earlier, so we never saw one.
>Since Erie Orchards had an 800 pounder last year leads me to believe that
the
>under 700 "record" for Circleville must be a mistake! Isn't Circleville a
>rather BIG weighoff?
>Also, is anyone else going to Circleville?! Or have any other information
>about it?
>It IS an official weighoff site, right?!
>
> -Steve
>
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