Re: World Records
Yes it was a great effort no doubt.....but Charlie is still the Record
Holder......till a sound one beats him.......wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike and Vickie Brock" <vbrock@mcn.org>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: World Records
> Amen! Al well said
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> on 9/16/03 7:39 AM, The Eatons at eatrich@magma.ca wrote:
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> > Fellow Growers---there can only be one official,therefore sound,world
record
> > giant pumpkin at a time.The same applies to national,provincial,state
> > records etc,of course too.
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> > The present world record giant pumpkin was grown by Mr Houghton of NH in
> > 2002 and he deserves to be honored with that title until a greater
qualified
> > fruit comes along.
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> >> From time to time there will be AGs that are heavier than a record but
if
> > they are damaged (not sound) then they have no claim on the title.
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> > They are in an entirely different category and if anyone wants to make a
> > list of top unofficial,estimated,damaged or disqualified pumpkins they
are
> > free to do so.
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> > In the meantime why do a few writers try to confuse the two groupings
which
> > just tends to take away from the rightful title holder and mislead those
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> > the media and public who don't really know the difference.
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> > This is not to say that damaged AGs that weigh greater than a record,any
> > record,should be ignored.In fact the growers deserve a lot of credit but
to
> > be fair to everyone those fruit should be recognized for what they are.
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> > AE
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