Listing of Alpine Plants and how to use:: Provided is a list of Alpine societies that can provide you a world of knowledge on Alpine plants. The membership fees are current for 1996. I am not responsible for any future prices unless told Alpine Garden Society Director of the AGS Centre Avon Bank Pershore Worcestershire WR10 3JP, UK Membership […]
THE AMERICAN PRIMROSE SOCIETY
Alpine Auricula The American Primrose Society (APS), founded in 1941 in the Portland, Oregon has grown to become an international organization with members in the United States, Canada and 21 other foreign countries. The society is dedicated to providing its members with information about the taxonomy, culture and hybridization of Primulas. MembersĀ of the primula genus are found all around the […]
Europe Hardiness Zone Map
2003 World Record Pumpkin
Photo provided by Paul Petersen Hillsboro, OR
2012 World Record – 2009 Pound Pumpkin
Will we beat the 2000 pound pumpkin in the near future? Each year, I’ve seen the pumpkins get larger and larger. I remember when we broke the 1000 pound mark in New York. UPDATE.. IT”S been done…. 2009 pumpkin from Greene, R.I. Ron Wallace, a long time pumpkin grower is back on top with this 2009 pound pumpkin. Every time […]
Pumpkins Results
GPC Pumpkin Results by Weight WEIGHT SITE FIRST NAME LAST NAME TOWN PR/ST =============================================================================== 1006.0 Ottawa Bill Greer Picton ON 941.0 Ottawa Al Eaton Richmond ON 940.0 Ottawa Pete Geerts Arkona ON 897.5 Carnation Jack LaRue Tenino WA 897.0 Ottawa Paul McIntyre Oxford Mills ON 887.0 Altoona Tony Ciliberto Wilkes-Barre PA 884.0 Canfield Bob Schlutt Bridgman MI 866.0 Carnation Kirk […]
The World Champion Pumpkin List
The World Champion Pumpkin List YEAR GROWER PLACE WGT 1979 Howard Dill Windsor, NS 438.5 *1980 Howard Dill Windsor, NS 459.0 *1981 Howard Dill Windsor, NS 493.5 1982 Howard Dill Windsor, NS 445.0 1983 Owen Woodman Falmouth, NS 481.0 *1984 Norm Gallagher Chelan, WA 612.0 1985 Michael Hodgson River Philip, NS 531.0 *1986 Bob Gancarz Wrightstown, NJ 671.0 1987 Don […]
Windsor Pumpkin Festival – News Release – October 15, 1996
Windsor Pumpkin Festival – News Release – October 15, 1996 Fenton McInnis, of Hubbards, N.S., set a new Atlantic Canada record of 810 pounds at the 1996 Windsor Pumpkin Festival New Atlantic Canada Record Set at Windsor Pumpkin Festival Fenton McInnis, a retired seaman from Hubbards, N.S., set a new Atlantic Canada record, and took […]
Windsor Pumpkin Festival – October 5, 1996
Windsor Pumpkin Festival – October 5, 1996 – NEWS RELEASE – GIANT PUMPKIN GROWERS SET FOR 12TH ANNUAL WINDSOR PUMPKIN FESTIVAL WINDSOR – A Giant pumpkin growers from the Atlantic Provinces, and perhaps a few from outside the region, will be trucking their prize specimens to Windsor’s Exhibition Park on Saturday, Oct. 5, for the 12th annual Windsor […]
GREAT PUMPKIN COMMONWEALTH GROWS TO OVER 20 SITES
GREAT PUMPKIN COMMONWEALTH GROWS TO OVER 20 SITES FOR 1996 WEIGHOFF TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 5 By Danny Dill Growth of the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth seems to be keeping pace with the giant vegetables its competitors are producing. In 1995, weighoffs were held at 19 Commonwealth sites, from Nova Scotia to California, as growers harvested their giant pumpkins and […]