Re: weighoff requirements
Bill,
For one thing, you can't put a pumpkin back together again.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Van <harrow.fur@pei.sympatico.ca>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 7:31 PM
Subject: 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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