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Thursday, April 16, 2015
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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132.2 DeBacco ‘15 (C) “Dinosaur Egg” (F: 179.4 DeBacco ‘14 “Marshmallow” x M: 1916 Barron ‘14)
I know many were looking for updates to my winter project but due to a location change pictures were not an option at the site. So here is the key end of the season harvest picture of what was referred to as the “Dinosaur Egg”. It was breed with the 1916 Barron to hopefully get some percent heavy in the genetic line.
Some of you may be wondering what the “C” is after the year and I can assure you this is not a typo. This signifies that this pumpkin was weighed at a Team-Pumpkin “certified” weigh-off following the standards published on the website. Link: http://www.team-pumpkin.org/more%20info.htm
The basic summary is that the weighing procedure meets the criteria for an official fruit (meaning it was inspected for signs of damage) and was weighed on a calibrated scale and was tarred accordingly. It was not weighed on a typical platform scale as is generally accepted, but still had witnesses (other than the grower) present.
Sorry for the lack of updates but this was yet another successful winter project and with the extreme cold this winter and some of the new location challenges I feel fortunate to have harvested seeds and keep the season early breeding going another year.
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