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...when i went to the Niagara Falls Seminar in
probably '04 i think it was, (or '05, ha ha),
Danny Dill was announcing
details about the number '5' and how pumpkin seeds that
end with a '5' go-on to produce enormous, world-record-sized fruits. so, i opened my big mouth to the whole place and announced that i had noticed that the
parents of the 1140 Stelts were the 70 5 Stelts
and the 43 5 Grindle, hmmm, both ending in '5'.
wow eric that is amazing--no one SAID that but i thought it to myself, lol---when i watched the video a day or
two after the seminar was over, i realized to my amazement that i had never mentioned that the SUM of the 705 and the 435 was 1140, and that was supposed to be the really amazing detail i had left out--
(TERRIBLE STAGEFRIGHT I DO HAVE!)
i don't know why--all those book reports in HS...gulp...

anyway, i asked Mike Nepereney of the AGGC--
no, that had never happened amongst registered fruit.
WOW! what a discovery!
if i had only brought it up when it was the year 2000. ahhh, well.

well, anyway #2,
there is another pumpkin that i have noticed to be pretty neat-o, the 1278 Palkovich (639 Pugh X 1193 Rose)

now, divide 1278 by 2.

if there are any other pumpkin numbers oddities you can think of, please post them here. i'd like to hear more;
pumpkin A=3 times the parent seed weight B;
could it have been Brett Hester with two 1028s,
years apart from each other?; 2-Holland 1229s...
and my own 728.5 Gerry from
'01 is right next to Jim Gatewood's 728.5
from '01 as well on the AGGC and both names start with a 'G', etc., etc.

jusssssst something to keep us occupied until Niagara.....
PS---even months from now, email me at ekg@bbl-inc.com
i would still think this stuff is neat--
Danny Dill did, about the #5....

2/9/2008 1:37:00 AM

Ontario, Canada.

Eric, I had two 695's in the same year.

2/9/2008 3:14:21 PM

Berlin,mi.(zuhlke2@hotmail.com)

1068 WALLACE
1068 PAPEZ
1068 MCKIE
1068 BARENIE
1068 FOSS
1068 LARUE
1068 BHASKARAN
And Brooks can't find a 1068 sheez. lol.
all of these pumpkins either have the 935 Lloyd or the 898 Knaus in their background. Pretty interesting.

2/9/2008 5:50:41 PM

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thanks, guys.
been a real busy week so forgot to check back!
interesting replies to say the least and yeah, the #1068
is becoming more strangely common. i myself have been noticing that the 1068 Wallace is as hot of a pollinator
as the 898 Knauss has been. later---eric g

2/16/2008 10:18:49 PM