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ontario

Looking for help and input on this subject........Nic Welty and myself are trying to start a Green Jacket for Squash just like the one awarded at the Niagara Seminar..whos for.. whos against....who can help fund.....who has some ideas.....would be for the heaviest true green Squash grown each year......WORLD WIDE......I have contacted David McCallum about this and I am waiting for a response back....

1/26/2004 4:05:32 PM

French River,P.E.Island, Canada

hey Wayne ,,count me in , whatever the cost amounts to on the positive replies you get..
Just hope they have enough fabric around when you have to send it to me.


..........Peter

1/26/2004 4:43:13 PM

Ontario

Only problem I see with this is the grower who grows the largest squash according to the color rules happens to be heavier than a true squash will feel slighted. I think if your going to go with two jackets you also need a third one also, to prevent any hard feelings especially if both growers are in attendance. Just my two cents

drew

1/26/2004 5:45:49 PM

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Do a Goggle Search for "Masters Jacket Purchase".

Mine was handcrafted in Cleveland. (YIKE$ I'm glad it was a prize!) I'd recommend looking to big boxes for occasional use.

1/26/2004 5:46:46 PM

Ontario, Canada.

Wayne this is a very good idea. Would you like my size now? LOL.

1/26/2004 7:35:37 PM

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Awesome idea Wayne! Dave, please consider the green jacket, it would be an awesome honor to those who grow the greenies, true greenies!

If it is a money thing, maybe we could assemble a seed auction for the purchase of both orange and green jackets yearly. Seeds would come from donations out of the pumpkin organizations that want to donate, I am sure you could get plenty of takers to help there.

Drew brought up the color issue, and while it is a good point, as I have said in the past, if you have been growing for any length of time, you can tell an orange fruit going or gone green, as compared to a true green/blue squash. 75/25 doesnt cut it..

Thanks for the awesome idea, please make all considerations for this award. Here is a good question while this topic is in the air.. if there was a green jacket right now for the 2003 growing season, who would have gotten it? Ben Hebb I assume with his true green squash weighing 986 pounds. (Note: nothing against the unbelievably large "squash" Jerry Rose grew tipping the scales at 1367 pounds, but you can see the orange going green in it.

Remember, this is not a GPC thing, or if it was, they could purchase the jacket and then the 75/25 would be a rule to live by. But since they haven't offered (or have they behind the scenes?) I suggest it be true green..

Heck, maybe we can have a half orange, half green jacket for those squumpkins!!! haahaa..

Nice thread... keep it civil, and honest..

1/26/2004 7:36:30 PM

Recognizing the true squash growers' accomplishments with a Green Jacket is a wonderful idea. I'm behind it all the way.

1/26/2004 7:40:50 PM

Ann Arbor, Mi

Wayne, Great idea...as a grower of squash, I like it.

1/26/2004 7:43:09 PM

new middletown ohio

I would go in for a true green prize-jacket
count me in. Raggu

1/26/2004 7:44:41 PM

new middletown ohio

I would go in for a true green prize-jacket
count me in. If the squaskins want a jacket
they should start another thread.
raggu

1/26/2004 7:48:28 PM

Chippewa Falls, WI

Hi Wayne,
Count me in.. Hope it comes in my size!!! I truely think it should go for the 100% true green....

1/26/2004 8:19:10 PM

Applegate, Oregon

Great Idea! I'm in and will contribute.

1/26/2004 10:22:15 PM

ontario

Dq Pumpkins will not count...must be True green or blue -grey fruit.......this is not a GPC Award.....ideas on drawing up rules to govern color welcomed.....money for trophy ...and Award for first TRUE GREEN 1000 lbs...Jacket is affordable...Nic Welty.....Dave McCallum.....or myself will head this....with plenty of help from Squash growers...let the quest begin......

1/26/2004 11:08:51 PM

Mulino, Oregon

Wayne, excellent idea and one who's time has come. I too will support this endeavor emotionally and financially if need be. Just remember I have extra long arms, so size accordingly :o)

1/26/2004 11:37:28 PM

Norton, MA

Go for it! The year of the GREEN. YA!

1/27/2004 6:22:52 AM

Deer Park, WI

I fully support this idea as well. Cant wait to join in the running for the green jacket.

1/27/2004 8:57:37 AM

Utah

Wayne-
I hope the golf people don't get wind of and squash it. :)
... ok seriously it sounds like a good idea ...
gordon

1/27/2004 9:13:53 AM

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This golf person just went & got his fake Masters jacket.

The tag on the lapel says "A.R. Cox Ltd. expressly for VILLAGE SQUIRE, Woodmere Village, OH"

The tag at the collar says only "Made in USA - dry clean only"

I don't believe these were authentic but they might have been knowing the contacts our founder had. I'll check to see if I can find out as time allows.

1/27/2004 10:16:46 AM

Montoursville, PA

My two cents! Don't mess with the rules of others. Function by weight and pictures right here through the Green Growers of BP.Com. That way you can weigh where ever within rules that sometimes do not agree with thoughts I read here. Your greenie can be certified weight any where! The second judgement and recognition come as an honor through "True Greenie Rules of The BP Squashers Assn."
...Maybe the first year all you can muster would be a $2.00 certificate but dreams can grow and will if the direction does not get weighted down with to many little rules of insignificance. I see merit in this idea. I would support the idea even though I may never grow one. Yes I would, to help what looks good, at this moment.

1/27/2004 10:19:30 AM

Cornelius, Oregon

Great idea. I 100% completely agree (as opposed to 75/25% agree) that it should be for a true green squash.

The Pumpkinguru

1/27/2004 1:34:46 PM

ontario

thanks Brett....I have e-mail from Len supporting this too....Alan Nesbit might join the quest too....Bob Troy is in....

1/27/2004 1:52:39 PM

Sequim, WA

I am in agreement with the 100% green rule. I take a 48 regular;o)

1/27/2004 2:12:57 PM

Roanoke Il

Think its a great Idea about time squash growers where held up to the same respect as pumpkin growers. Count on my support wayne. 58 tall mark

1/27/2004 5:04:54 PM

Torrance, California

Lets go for it! Some day the new world record may just be a squash and not a pumpkin?

1/28/2004 2:18:45 AM

Norton, MA

Aaaahhhhhrrgg! Don't say that! LOL.

1/28/2004 8:38:44 AM

Long Island,New York

Why not Bob....it was in 1990 wasn't it? and 1991 also I think???.....G

1/28/2004 8:46:16 AM

Norton, MA

I was just kidding around. But I'm not Bob, I'm Alex Noel.

1/28/2004 8:57:06 AM

Long Island,New York

Hi alex...I was referring to rrpt...aka..."BOB"....GPC World Champion Squash Grower from 1998 with a true greenie and two time California State Greenie Champ.......

1/28/2004 10:42:16 AM