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i have been meaning to do this for a while now---
you all know how Joel Holland has been more than
instrumental in furthering the spobby of
giant pumpkin-growing and has himself
recently gained a good share of the
spotlight with a couple of back-to-back
1229s in '05 and '06 and a 1384 in '07...
well, i almost went blind doing it, lol,
but i scrolled down through 277 title lines on the
AGGC and it was at about that # that a Holland
seed (995 Holland '04) numerically-speaking, anyway,
first produced an 1166 Holland '05
which produced an 1112 Holland '06. WOW!
seems to me that if the ball park is open here,
there aught to be a game going on, so to speak, and,
since i am sure that anyone who has bought a Holland
video or maybe several of them such as i have has THESE
Hollands and many more like them kept away somewhere, i also think that they deserve to very soon make their marks on the 'playing field' along with all the 'seeds of today'
we are striving to obtain....
i had wanted to grow the 1026 Holland and cross it with the
940 Mombert '98 to recreate the 582 Hester,
but my seed-starting mix was
just not the right kind for AG-sprouting in '08.
if you are itching to plant an unproven seed in '08, maybe make it a Holland.
believe me, Joel doesn't know i am plugging for his seeds
and i myself should practice what i preach, lol----


good luck with what you do plant in '08---eric g

1/16/2008 7:00:25 PM

Clarence, NY

eric - sounds like you need to add a few more plant to the plot...lol

1/17/2008 11:12:38 AM