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Eastern Pennsylvania

The MAGPG that's who. At this year's GPC weighoff at Doylestown PA the bar will be raised. In addition to our already extensive prize structure, we will now be offering $500.00 to the Howard Dill winner.

Because the award is subjective we try to take the fairest approach possible in awarding this honorable prize. Every grower who weighs a pumpkin at Doylestown will have an equal and anonymous vote for which pumpkin they think is the best in shape, color, etc.

Clubs will do whatever the majority is in support of but we encourage other clubs to discuss this process for awarding the HD winner at your next meeting.

We hope to fill our weighoff with huge, brilliant orange pumpkins. Come packing heat because I assure you that the competition will be fierce. Moving forward we also hope to present the MAGPG as a leader in big orange pumpkins. Orange growers have a place in our club where their thoughts and opinions are taken seriously.

Thank you very much to all you growers out there willing to donate a chunk of your patch to orange pumpkins!

Jim Gerhardt
MAGPG

2/28/2011 1:34:49 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

NIce Job.....Wish I could enter one.....

2/28/2011 2:39:40 PM

Muddy Waters

Good for you,I think there should be an effort to keep some good looking kins,not just weight!!!!

2/28/2011 4:42:59 PM

Coventry R.I.

Sound,s good Jim,,, Nice

2/28/2011 4:52:51 PM

Ri

Jim great idea!! Time for a meeting ammendment. Peter

2/28/2011 6:36:41 PM

Ohio

I am liking MAGPG a lot more now. I'll have to google the distance to the weigh-off. Thanks guys for putting more into the true orange pumpkins. How much is your membership dues?

2/28/2011 7:46:15 PM

Claysburg , PA

Jimmy, I`d love to bring my orange one down there to Doylestown (you know how I like them Howard Dill Awards)but I don`t think my Tahoe will make it down and back . Its great to see a club promote orange as much as size.

2/28/2011 9:09:39 PM

The bottom of New Jersey

Tim, our membership dues are $15 per year and our member seed pack includes the 923 Gerhardt '09, 921.5 Gerhardt '10, 921.5 Rosa '10, a couple of Kevin Snyder's seeds and others while supplies last! E-mail us at [email protected] and I will send you the sign-up form.

2/28/2011 10:19:19 PM

Johnston, R.I.

Very cool

3/1/2011 5:03:01 AM

Eastern Pennsylvania

We got 13 seed pAcks left till we are sold out!

3/1/2011 9:13:40 AM

The Garden State

Thanks for messing up my lineup for this year Jim! I thought that I had my choices all worked out but now I will have to sub a big and ugly seed with a deeply orange seed.

What a decision...try to raise the NJ record or try to take the HD award.

3/1/2011 1:05:40 PM

@Jim
does MAGPG have a homepage with more information about your club or is it only represented by a Facebook group?

3/1/2011 3:28:13 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

Hi Daniel well right now we are stuck with the facebook page because, we just can't seem to stop spending money on our members and weighoff prizes! The price quote I got for a website with the functionality I specified was between $900 - $1,100. I would be curious to know what the PGPGA dropped on their new site recently (I am a member, perhaps I should ask!).

Let's see here are our current commitments:

1st place Doylestown $1500.00 2nd $750.00 plus pay thru top 10!
Howard Dill Doylestown $500.00
Furthest traveled to Doylestown $200.00
Top squash Doylestown $200.00
Largest official frut from 1193.7 Snyder by MAGPG member: $250.00 (any site)
Largest Howard Dill award by a MAGPG member: $150.00 (any site)
Next year we plan to pay approx $1.00/ pound for top field pumpkin but the details have just started to be discussed.

Any questions about club execs taking kickback $ should be directed somewhere else- we give everything back to the people!
Jim

3/1/2011 5:28:52 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

Oh I knew I was forgetting one more thing.. the virtual weighoff. I can't steal any of Kevin's thunder by disclosing the details because he is the mastermind but I assure you that for once we will have as even a playing field as you can get taking into account the size of your pumpkin, personal best AND geographic location. The VWO is being hosted by BP.com. We will make the prizes more than appealing.

Details coming very soon!

3/1/2011 5:32:18 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

Sorry, one final clarification then I'll stop hogging the board:

Largest Howard Dill award grown off the 921.5 Rosa pay $150.00 (any site).

3/1/2011 5:34:08 PM

Ohio

mmmm, maybe the 8 1/2 hour drive would be a good thing. At any rate, I will be a member real soon.

3/1/2011 7:49:59 PM

Picton,ON ([email protected])

Only 7 hrs for me. About the same distance for me as Port Elgin. I may have to make the trip if I have a nice orange one!

3/1/2011 9:08:25 PM

Ohio

I can't find the MAGPG facebook page, can you post a link?

3/1/2011 9:26:32 PM

[email protected]

And check this out, if someone where to win the long haul award, the HD and grow the biggest off the club seed 921.5 Rosa 2010 you could take home $850 plus the money for where you place in the WO!

3/1/2011 9:40:05 PM

Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada

wait until you see the new pay out schedule for Port Elgin John - it will be different this year

3/1/2011 10:32:37 PM

Rhode Island

the virtual weigh-off for your members will be a great contest.

the southern new england giant pumpkin growers started our first virtual weigh off in 2009.
2011 will be our third year running the contest.

its great because growers can win in one of many weight catagories which allows growers of both small to large pumpkins a chance to win a cash award .

pap

3/2/2011 8:21:10 AM

The bottom of New Jersey

Here is our Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mid-Atlantic-Giant-Pumpkin-Growers/142616449121509?v=wall

Any ideas on how to make it better will be much appreciated, I am not a Facebook expert by any means.

3/2/2011 9:38:11 AM

Johnston, R.I.

What is weighoff date ??

3/2/2011 11:02:34 AM

Eastern Pennsylvania

Actually Norm I believe we pushed to sat Oct 16 which makes it one of the season Enders and hopefully attendable by lots of growers!

3/2/2011 1:00:52 PM

Johnston, R.I.

Sign me up...........

3/2/2011 1:09:21 PM

The bottom of New Jersey

That would be Saturday, October 15th, Jim.

3/2/2011 4:34:01 PM

Ohio

Sounds like a great date to me. No weigh offs in my area at that time. I will try and make it out there.

3/2/2011 10:47:05 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

What a great idea...I thought when reading the post title some sacrilege was being perpetrated...but the fill in to the question was awesome....GrowEmBig! Chuck

3/4/2011 8:33:22 PM