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five stars everywhere

>Help, all pumpkin growers! I'm so totally steamed I can hardly even spit! I
>entered my coddled-along baby Atlantic Giant (109 lbs) in the Fall Fair
>today (in the Field crops section). The only other pumpkin was a jack o'
>lantern size (39.25 lbs), so I knew I was a shoo-in for first. BUT! The
>stupid Agriculture B.C judge said that because the stem was not a normal
>"five-pointed star" dark green pumpkin stem, that it must be actually a
>squash. So he demoted it to the squash class where it lost to a 169 lb.
>Showmaster squash!
>
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Denise,

Sounds frustrating.  This reminds me of trying to teach kinds how to spell
in the english language  "I" before"E" except after "C" but what about
"weight" it doesn't follow the rule.  So whats my point.  Rather than show
them A.G pictures point out how mixed up their ruling is because there are
a ton of what we call squash that are five star and are dark green stems.
Acorn, butternut,sweet dumpling even zuchinni borderlines the rule.  And
what about mutations...were do we put them.......hope this helps
..........Brock
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