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Monday, August 01, 2011 Dutch Brad Netherlands

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Just a list of what I currently have in the garden based on the EGVGA giant veg categories compared to what I started with.

Category 1 - Atlantic Giant
Pumpkin (1) - 1x 1421 Stelts

Category 2 - Cucurbitaceae 1
Squash (0) - was 1
Cantaloupe (0) - was 2
Field Pumpkin (3) - 1x 103 Lyons; 2 x Howden (was 1)
Watermelon (0)

Category 3 - Cucurbitaceae 2
Marrow (2) - 2x 206.5 Wursten
Cucumber: heavy (1) - 1x Glazebrook/Cobbs
Cucumber: long (2) - 2x Glazebrook/Cobbs

Category 4 - Heavy root
Beetroot (6) - 6x 23.2 Wursten (was 7)
Carrot (ca. 12) - was ca. 25
Parsnip (5) - 5x Picador
Potato (2) - 2x Kondor (was 7)

Category 5 - Long
Beetroot (1) - 1x Exhibition Long Black
Carrot (2) - 2x St.Valery
Long gourd (3) - 1x 135 Jacobus, 1x 121 Lyons, 1x 112.9 Offermann
Parsnip (0)
Runner bean (3) - 3x Jescot-Long-Un

Category 6 - Brassica
Cabbage (0)
Kohlrabi (2) - 2x Superschmelz (was 3)
Radish (3) - 3x Sukurajima (was 5)
Swede (3) - 3x Cornish variety

Category 7 - Tall
Amaranth (0)
Corn (17) - Montana, Vanden Olotillo, Olotillo, Uchima Grande, Puya Grande, Tehua (was 19)
Sunflower (2) - 1x Richard Hope; 1x Craven (was 3)
Sunflower: head (2) - 2x Horde/Craven (was 3)

Category 8 - Other heavy
Celery (0)
Leek (7) - English Pot Leek
Onion (0)
Pepper (4) - 4x Colossal
Tomato (10) - 2x 7.33 Hunt, 2x 5.35 Lyons, 2x 5.15 Lyons, 1x 5.00 Clerinx, 2x 4.59 Lyons, 1x 4.29 Timm

Non-competition classes
Melon: long (1) - 1x Armenian Yard Long
Pepper: long (2) - 2x Spanish
Squash: rabaquet (1) - 1x Codina
 



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