Re: weighoff requirements
Jim:
Why not add the rule, the pumpkin, can be opened, on site, if anyone
thinks there is hanky panky going on, as in drag racing, you put up cost of
putting engine back together & they take it apart. (Not your choice !) If it
is found cheating, you get your money back & they go home with their tail
between their leg's, never to show again. All people are not honest although
we like to think they are. I don't suppose pumpkin people are any different,
since finding out that some people are selling seed at $10 US ea. I'am
disappointed. What happened to PVP laws.
Some of us new growers do not know what size split or crack is
acceptable
at a weighoff. The veterans do, that leaves us at a great disadvantage if
they will
not open the pumpkin on site to determent if split or crack goes into cavity.
That's the view from here.
Bill Van
At 03:13 PM 09/14/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Here are the rules for the Topsfield Fair in Mass.(one of the largest GPC
>sites)
>1)Pumpkins must be free of splits and soft spots.(Minor blemishes are okay)
>2)Pumpkins must be predominantly orange or yellow-orange.
>3)Judges decision is final on soundness and color.
>4)Pumpkin must be free of all foreign matter (fungicides, wax, ect.)
>5)In order to qualify for the first prize check of $3500.00 the grower will
>allow the pumpkin to be displayed, under cover, in the vegetable barn for
>the duration fo the 10 day fair.
>okay? Jim DuBois
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Hastreiter <jchastreiter@lsol.net>
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
>Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:35 AM
>Subject: weighoff requirements
>
>
>>Can anyone tell me where I might find a site that has the official rules
>>for weighoffs run by the GPC? I talked to the coordinator of the weighoff
>>in Neekoosa, WI and was given very vague rules of no holes,soft spots, or
>>splits.
>>I currently have one in the patch at 370#'s (estimated) that I have been
>>trying to keep from rotting on the stem. Today I noticed that the area
>>around the stem looks like it is starting to crack. It does not appear to
>>go into the pumpkin cavity, but would this be enough to disqualify me from
>>a weigh off?
>>One last question. Is stem rot an inherent trait in some pumpkins? This
>>is my second pumpkin over 300# on a 739 Welty that has had rotting on the
>>stem. Just curious if it's the pumpkin or something that I am doing wrong.
>>Jeff Hastreiter (Hoss)
>>jchastreiter@lsol.net
>>ICQ 5329850
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