Re: Pumpkin contest protocol
Well my wife pollinated all my pumpkins this year...did a great
job........Wayne
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> From: LIpumpkin@aol.com
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Pumpkin contest protocol
> Date: Sunday, September 05, 1999 1:54 PM
>
> A question as it relates to GPC sanctioned weighoffs....."Pumpkin Widow"
is a
> term,as I understand it,describing the wife (or significant other to be
> pollitically correct) of a giant pumpkin grower.She cuts the lawn
now,washes
> the cars(I wish),etc that the pumpkin grower should be doing while he's
in
> the patch trying to grow a world record pumpkin.She takes off the covers
when
> the sun comes out,puts on the blankets when he has to work late,and turns
off
> the water when its time.She is a constant weather monitor,squirrel
chaser,and
> pumpkin patch kid monitor.Since she(or he-to be pollitically correct) had
as
> much to do with the success of the pumpkin growers efforts as the pumpkin
> grower himself,I have heard that it is acceptable to enter a pumpkin in
her
> name. Is this acceptable or true? How is it looked upon by the veteran
> growers or mainstream growers on this list?My wife has claimed my
Rockwell as
> hers,and I'm losing the battle!..........Glenn A.
>
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