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THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST GIANT PUMPKIN GROWERS WEIGH-OFF

THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST GIANT PUMPKIN GROWERS WEIGH-OFF
OCTOBER 4, 1997

REMLINGER FARMS
CARNATION, WA

The Weigh-off and Remlinger Farms may use photographs, stories about,
and the actual entries for publicity and promotion of these events.

Please fill out the following information and bring to the weigh-off. 
Some of the information will be used by the M.C. during the weighing.

Name:__________________________________________
Address:________________________________________
Phone:__________________________________________
Category:_________________________________________
Parents: Female_______________  Male________________
(If possible bring a complete family tree)
Measurements: Age ____________  Cir. _________________
Side to side __________________  End to End ___________
Total________________________  Max. Growth __________
# of pumpkins on plants_______________________________
Distance from center _________________________________

* SPECIAL NOTE - I will leave my pumpkin at Remlinger Farms in the case
that it places 4th - 13th and it will become part of the Remlinger Farms
harvest Festival Display and will remain on the grounds throughout the
festival until Halloween.  I also certify that I was the grower of this
entry.

Signed _________________________________________



CONTEST

Date:	Saturday, October 4, 1997
Time:	8:30 - 10:30 a.m. registration
	10:30 a.m. weigh-in begins
Place:	Remlinger Farms
	Carnation, Wa

Growers are responsible for bringing their entries to the weigh-off site
before 10:00 a.m. Weigh-off teams will assist the transportation of
entries to the stage by forklift.  All entries will be handled with
care.

CATEGORIES AND AWARDS (Remlinger Farms WEIGH - OFF)

Plump Pumpkins (by weight)

First Place 		$2000
Second Place		$1000
Third Place			$750
Fourth Place 		$500
Fifth Place 		$250
Sixth - Tenth Place	$100
Eleventh - Twentieth $50

Super Squash (by weight)
First Place 		$300
Second Place		$100
Third Place			$50

Weighty Watermelons (by weight)
First Place 		$50
Second Place		$25

Largest Other Vegetable (judges choice)
First Place 		$25
Second Place		Ribbon

Junior Harvest Pumpkin
First Place 		$50

Novice - Heaviest Pumpkin
First Place			$50

$25 for the other categories as follows:
Ugliest Pumpkin
Smallest Pumpkin
Best shape (prettiest)
Most improved Grower
 
Two Random (non - winners) $50

Prize money for pumpkins is offered by Remlinger Farms. All other
entries comes from the PNWGPG.

HOW TO FIND US:
From Eastbound 520
Take the Redmond-Fall City exit.  At the end of the exit turn right onto
Highway 202 (Redmond-Fall City Road)  Head east toward Fall City.  Nine
miles from Redmond there will be a blue tourist activity sign directing
you to take a left hand turn onto Tolt Hill Road.  Tolt Hill road
dead-ends at the Farm.

From Eastbound I-90
Take I-90 eastbound past Issaquah to exit #22(Preston -Fall City exit). 
Follow signs to Fall City.  In Fall City you will come to a stop sign. 
At the stop sign veer right, go OVER the bridge and make an immediate
left onto highway 203 northbound (toward Carnation).  Stay on Highway
203 north for 5 miles.  At the foot of the Tolt River bridge you will
see a large Remlinger Farms sign.  Turn right at the sign onto NE 32nd
St., a dead-end road which ends at the farm.


ADDITIONAL PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED BY THE GREAT PUMPKIN COMMONWEALTH
(NATIONAL PRIZE MONEY) 
 


 			
-- 
Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA   m*@eskimo.com
Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....?
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
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