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Caceres, mid west of Spain

Last evening I made a little statistic on pumpkins bigger than 1100 lbs using the AGGC.com data base.

I found out that 58% of them were over the chart and 52 under. Curiously the average gain of the heavier pumpkins was 6.7% over, and the average difference of the lighter ones was 6.8%.

Looking now to pumpkins over 900 lbs, the biggest difference between a particular fruit with the chart I found were similar too on heavies and lights. They are 22.8% under for the 1061 Ciliberto 01 and 20.3% for the 951.4 Castelluci 02; and 23.72% over for the 940 Kurilich 01 and 22.2% for the 1156 Larsen 02.

Conclusions? First that the charts are very good made, second that we can get big surprises, until 23% more or less, heavier or lighter. This means that a 1100 lbs est. fruit could result from 747 to 1353 lbs. But the average difference of 6.7% up and down will make you to expect a more probably range from to 1026 to 1174 lbs.

Carlos

8/18/2003 2:38:49 AM

Liverpool , England

Way to go Carlos,
Your getting into the swing of it.

Alun

8/18/2003 5:13:14 AM

Appalachian Mtns.

this is off the main subject but...the 951 doesn't throw big and heavy here, at least not this year for me.

8/18/2003 6:18:00 AM

Oz

don take the horse,,,get the wife ,,,and go to town!!! pumpkins looking like women..hmmm. thank you for all your posts. ill be all winter reading!!! you should do a growing book,,

8/18/2003 12:21:54 PM

Montoursville, PA

Don......agreed we enjoy your comments. What would you charge me for a six inch slice twenty five feet by forty feet of your patch sent to America? Would you price it to include you and your horse for a year? :)

8/18/2003 1:02:53 PM

Key West, FL

Way to go Carlos on getting one so far over est. 1000!!!!

8/18/2003 2:31:13 PM