Re: 1999's best performing seeds: 935 Lloyd, 968 Sproule . . . ?
Matthew Isom wrote:
>
> With two world records in as many years, I'd have to say that the 935 Lloyd is
> my choice for the best seed in the world at this time. I am interested to hear
> how others did with the 815 Checkon, though, since it produced that
> 1190? Womper. No doubt the 968 Sproule is looking good too, now that it
> produced the 1036.5, and as with last year, the 946.5 is hard to argue against.
> Maybe some of you could help me out as I try to figure out which seeds did the
> best in 1999 so that I can waste hundreds of hours this winter dreaming,
> scavanging, scheming and trading.
>
> I need to know which seeds produced all of the big pumpkins this year, and
> although I could just wait until the Ottowa guys publish the results, I just can't
> wait (heck, I've already spent four days fidgetting with no more pumpkins in the
> patch. I hardly know what to do with myself.)
> So . . . if you know which seeds grew the following pumpkins (as well as the
> male pollinators), why don't you post the results so we can all start dreaming:
>
> Pumpkin Female Male
> 1131 Checkon 935 Lloyd ?
> 1036.5 Kline 968 Sproule ?
> 1009.5 Eaton ? ?
> 986.4 Bobier ? ?
> 981.5 Gervais ? ?
> 947.5 Patrick ? ?
> 946.5 Haegens ? ?
> 908.5 Eaton ? ?
> 875 Dill ? ?
> 837 Thorson ? ?
>
> Others? I also curious about big pumpkins (other 800+ grown by relatively
> inexperienced growers, too, since you wonder if maybe they could have been
> even bigger
>
>
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I think you'll find that the 780 Eaton 98 played a big part in many
records this year and in most cases it weighed heavy as high as 20%.
This past weekend it set two provincial records, New Brunswick and
Prince Edward Island with the later grown by Bill VanIderstine, a second
year grower placing second to Howard Dill and having his pumpkin weigh
16.5% heavy. I plan on trying this one again....Ken Reinsborough,
Dalhousie, N.B. Canada
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