Re: Congrats to The New Ohio Record Holder & A couple questions.

>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 06:34:46 -0400
>From: "julia morse" <jmorse2@columbus.rr.com>
>Subject: Congrats to The New Ohio Record Holder & A couple questions.

>Can anyone enlighten me about required stem sizes foe
>weigh- offs in general.
>The reason I ask is I has the stem rot off a fruit.  I Actuall had to " dig
>into the fruit" about a half inch to get to solid stem.
>At that point it is solid but actually has a recesssed stem.
>Its been off the vine for a couple
>weeks now with no signs of decay.

Every weighoff or organization has their own rules,
but 2 main points of interest usually outlined
(using different wording) in the rules:

-vine must be trimmed within ~1" of stem
    I believe the intent of this is to level the playing
    field, so somebody doesn't enter a fruit with 2 feet
    of heavy vine attached.    There really isn't a rule for
    too-short, only too-long.

-fruit must be healthy/sound/undamaged (no holes to inside of cavity)
    I believe the intent of this is to prevent cheating
   (foreign material inside the cavity to increase weight),
   and to keep out obviously rotting/soft-spot fruit.  (A rotting fruit
   must have a hole somewhere, to have allowed bacteria
   inside the otherwise "sterile" cavity.)  So it's solely up to the judge
   to decide whether your stem problem might be considered a
  "damaged fruit".

My thinking is that as long as the judge can see that the fruit
doesn't have a hole through to the cavity, the judge should allow it,
"short" stem and all.

-Rick I.
growing near Rochester, NY
http://home.rochester.rr.com/srinz/rickspkins.html

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