RE: Circumference
I might be able to help with this after this years weighoffs. I have two
pumpkins that are whithin 3 inches of each other in total OTT measurements.
One is a long low blob at 133" circumference and the other is tall, blocky,
and wider than it is long with a 113" circumference. If they were both on
the same plant it would even be better, but no such luck. If I take the
larger circumference fruit to an earlier weighoff the other one may match
it's OTT numbers with another week to grow. It will be interesting to see
how it comes out. Different shaped fruit from the same plant would be the
best way to determine this because they would have the same genetic
tendancies for either thick or thin walls. I suspect that the one with the
smaller circumferece would be heavier because the stem end of the fruit is
the thickest and with wider shoulders around the stem there would be more
mass than one that has more of its area given over to a thinner part of the
fruit. Maybe some others could weigh in on this one. For those of us who
may be competative at multiple weighoffs in the next month it may affect the
decision making process when harvesting our pumpkins at various dates. (Do
I bring the one I think may be heavier to the early weighoff, or save it for
the later one where there may be less heavyweight competition and a better
chance of placing higher?) These two I have, have been within a few inches
of each other all season. I get more of a sense of mass from the larger
circumference fruit though. Both fruit had siblings from their plants
weighed at the Puyallup fair and ended up being very close to the charted
weights with similar shapes. I've been thinking about this for a while now
and it's not getting any easier. If either of them stops growing completely
before the 7th, that will be the one going to Canby. If both stop I don't
know what I'm going to do.
Chris Michalec
Covington, Wa
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Eatons [SMTP:eatrich@magma.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 12:49 PM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Circumference
>
> Hi Will Neily--I believe the one with the smaller circumference will weigh
> heaviest,but it is not something that I can prove.What do you think??--Al
> Eaton
> *******************************
> Just kidding.
>
> On a more serious note, can anyone suggest the influence of the
> circumference
> measurement on the the total pumpkin measurement with regard to predicted
> weight?
>
> For example, if 2 pumpkins have the same total measurment, but one has a
> larger circumference but smaller over-the-top measurements than the other,
> will one tend to weigh more the the other?
>
> Will
>
>
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