----- Original Message -----
From:
k*@adelphia.net
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:33
AM
Subject: RE: Official or Not
This is an extremely unusual
scenario but what if:
In 2001, by the time you
fixed all the slashed tires on the truck (or maybe the truck broke down on the
way) & got to the weighoff (at nite) when everybody was gone except a
photographer for the newspaper, the scale company person, the head of the
organization and a few members, and... your pumpkin was weighed,
witnessed & photographed at 1270 lbs, does it not count because you
weren't there during proper hours?
OR...
In 2001, you didn't see that
last pumpkin out in the back field until 10/30 (actually it was green &
blended in with the leaves,) you harvested it, had it weighed on a certified
scale, witnessed & photographed at 1270 lbs, does it not count because you
weren't there on the 5th at a sanctioned event?
Mark
P.S. Can I REALLY count on
6-8 guys' help on 10/5/02 about 8-9am? Can 1 of you bring a full-size
pickup truck? It won't fit in my Blazer & I don't want to miss the
Clarence, NY show; or maybe Altoona pays more--it's about 200 miles
farther than Clarence so I'd need everybody here by 6am or so. I can make some
heirloom tomato sandwiches for the road...
-----Original
Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net
[mailto:owner-pumpkins@hort.net]On Behalf Of Andrew
Papez
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 7:50 AM
To:
pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: Official or
Not
Thomas,
Organize a early weigh off for your state. That
way everyone is on a even playing field and all the fruit is weighed on the
same day in front of everyone, thus adding credibility to your weights, and
all the growers are abiding by the same rules.
andrew
----- Original Message -----
From:
t*@sonetcom.com
To: p*@hort.net
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002
1:58 AM
Subject: Official or Not
Here I am setting
in the State of Oklahoma, where we have NO Official Pumpkin Weigh Offs,
and there is NOT any type of Records yet for the Biggest Pumpkin or
Squash. We are not even considered being a part of the Pumpkin Growing
Community because our Growing Season is a lot Different than those in the
Northern States where all the Biggest Pumpkin Growers Live. As I have
learned from this past season growing Giant Pumpkins is a very hard thing
to do here in the Southern part of the United States and it will be very
hard to grow a 1000 Pumpkin here in the HOTTER part of the States. I would
love to be able to Compete in growing a Giant Pumpkin and Setting the
Oklahoma State Record, (here is where I repeat there is not a record here
yet, and you do not hear from many pumpkin growers in Oklahoma because
why?). Our Season starts earlier here then in the North and then we get
into some really severe Heat during the Summer Months making it almost
Impossible at times to keep everything going with everything being Ripened
by the Sun and Heat and to get even something like 500-600 lbs is a great
accomplishment and then I can not even go compete against anyone because
my Season is over Earlier here than others in the North. Then I have to be
Punished because I can not abide by the Rules that were established for
Northern Growers. I now understand why there are not very many growers in
the Southern parts of the United States. I think if any Pumpkin Conference
would take these accounts into consideration for Southern Growers,
they might make some type of weigh offs and get more growers in
the South Interested in the Sport.
Well thats
more than my 2 cents worth, and I hold NO hard feelings for any of
the growers for what they believe because I talk to some of them from time
to time and they are really helpful.
Thomas Hathorn
Southwest Oklahoma (where we are
trying to get other growers interested in the
Sport)
