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RE: Pumpkin Disorders, Virus and squash bugs

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> ----------
> From: 	mmarcrum
> Reply To: 	mmarcrum@ix.netcom.com
> Sent: 	Friday, September 5, 1997 11:46 AM
> To: 	McAlpine, Duncan G
> Cc: 	'pumpkins@athenet.net'
> Subject: 	Re: Pumpkin Disorders, Virus and squash bugs 
> 
> Hi Pumpkin Gang,
>   I know I Have not been on much...but I have been reading! We lost
> ALL
> of our plants about a month ago! We called the local people here who
> are
> supposed to know what is happening...they said that Sonoma Valley has
> a
> "Pumpkin Blight"....there will be no pumpkin patches in Sonoma, they
> have all lost their plants just the same way we did. The only people
> getting plants with any fruit are the ones out of the Sonoma Valley
> Area! They wanted to see the plants that we had but they were so dried
> up that they only could say that they look the same as the others. The
> squash beetle is all over the valley but the Diazon should have killed
> them. 
>   So what does one do for the Blight???? Are we done trying for
> pumpkins
> in this area! They said it has been getting worse and worse every year
> for the last 3 years! 
> Wishing all of you well!! And hoping you all have award winning
> pumpkins....I will try again next year!!
> Kathy
> Still in Search of the Great Pumpkin...
>
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