Re: Jozee's last rights

scott
so sad to here of the big soft spot. sounds like your uncle was a good
man. he would be proud of your accomplishment this year and I'm sure
he'll be rooting you on next year. good luck and i'll be forwarding a
bubble envelope for seeds in the near future. 
                             the carlsons Dan and Beth




Scott_Armstrong@LNOTES3.bankofny.com wrote:
> 
> hi all, no good news from long island.  my beloved Jozee has made her
> way to the great pumpkin patch in the sky.  this pumpkin was more than
> just a hobby for me, it was an obsession.  I had grown it in memory of
> my uncle Joe,  An old time farmer. As a boy, i often expressed to him my
> desire to grow a giant pumpkin.  of course he told me the old "milk"
> story, and maybe i believed him.  But regardless of that fact, he was a
> great man, a role model even.   but now, at age 25, i decided the time
> was right.  i had the know how, i had the seeds, i had the drive, i had
> the desire.  I grew this pumpkin for him, and for me.  But alas, it was
> not to be. the infamous "soft spot" was discovered last night.  the
> consistancy was of the skin of chocolate pudding.  i knew it was over,
> and only 11 days to go.  I cleared the leaves away for one last photo
> shoot, and then, i found it, a hole about 3" in diameter, about a foot
> an a half from the pumpkin.  Probably a rat.  I should have trusted my
> dogs' nose, with her impending desire to go into my pumpkin patch, but i
> dismissed it as craziness.  She knew all along, but i remained clueless.
> Jozees final measurements were side to side 95" blossom to stem 28.25",
> and circumference 141.5".  It was very wide (4') and quite tall (34.5").
> this seed was from howard dills 715, i self pollinated it.  The autopsy
> will be performed tonight, with the (now traditional) weighing of the
> chunks.  All is not lost however, i still have a 300 pounder i plan to
> bring to the weighoff, and this is only my first year.  I will be back!!
> 
> if anyone wants seeds from Jozee, you all know the bubble mailer drill:
> 
> Scott Armstrong
> 869 N. Fletcher Ave.
> Valley Stream NY 11580
> 
> P.S.  an "official" combined chunk weight will be posted tommorrow.
> This pumpkin was very round with deep well defined ribs, and tons of
> cantelouping.  the 715 was a 567.5 mombert, (mother), and a 804 Zehr
> (father).  Good luck to all of you.
> 
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