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Larry and Gerry,
Still want some seeds from her, I'll put you on the list if
you want?
andrew
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From:
c*@earthlink.net
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 12:44
AM
Subject: Re: Moonstar is gone.
Very sorry to hear this Andrew. It's been a bad week.
Larry and Gerry
Andrew Papez wrote:
Hello everyone, Moonstar had a soft
spot today underneath the nose today and upon further inspection the soft
spot didn't go thru to the cavity. Tried to put a pallet underneath but
lifting her up furtherbut I snapped the main. Decided to weigh her and in
transit the pumpkin slid forward and hit the back of the cab and split.Had
her weighed at the local grain elevator. It was windy here today and the
weight fluctuated about 15 kilograms. When the wind was not blowing the
truck weighed 1952 kilos and when it blowed the truck weighed 1962 with the
truck empty. I decided to take 1960 kilos with it empty, probably should of
took a lighter weight but thats what the weight was stamped at. I came home
and George lloyd was there and should me the correct way to measure it since
it was such a lop sided pumpkin. The blossom end was pointed down about a
foot underneath. I measured it and it atped out at 383 ott, a far cry from
my 400 plus measurements. AS near as I can tell it had rotted from the
inside out with no breach into the cavity. So it weighed in about 60 pounds
light with the corrected measurements. It weighed 1058 pounds with the 1960
kilos for the empty truck, but was well rotted inside with a lot of soup at
the bottom. Just rotted for no apparent reason. Oh well at least I obtained
1000 pounds and still have a good one going in the high 900 pound range. I
believe the 1056 Dueck is the first 1000 pounder to grow a 1000 pounder.
Best of luck to everyone and thanks for the encouragement over the last
couple of weeks from various growers andrew
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