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Udine, Italy

It’s incredible as pumpkinsmania increase when you have a lot of other important things to do, anyway, became for a day a “Dreambreeder” and give your opinion about this question:
What are your “dream crosses”? I mean crosses never recorded (for ex. on databases like AGGC) and that you think have great potentials, magic crosses not discovered. I propose to divide answers in different categories:
1) killer cross for the feature world record
2) killer cross for big orange and nice shaped pumpkins
3) killer cross for squash
4) other killer crosses (with a short description)

my opinion:
1) 1260 Weir x 1097 Beachy
2) 801,5 Stelts x 735 Pukos
3) 895 Hester x 898 Knauss (any chanche of squash?)
4) 735 Pukos x 950,4 Boyton (or other crosses between selfed 846 and 845 in order to increase hybrid vigor).
No prizes, just fun and new ideas for breeding.

2/8/2005 12:38:28 PM

Udine, Italy

Oops forgot to thanks Mike (AGGC) for the data.
Paolo Ermacora

2/8/2005 12:44:01 PM

Halifax, Nova Scotia

My dream cross is the 793 Wentzell x whatever else ends up in my garden (maybe self?) because at the moment (what with the snow trying to melt on a couple of days this week) all I can think about is getting a start on the upcoming growing season. It's in my dreams, therefore, it's my dream cross.

2/8/2005 1:21:05 PM

Western NY

i almost have your number 2. my 704.5 Wolf 04 (801 Stelts x 658 Wolf) - the 658 is a selfed 846, same as the 735. i aslo made the reverse cross.

me - i'd like to see an orange 1260 that goes heavy, crossed with the 810 Dill, or the opposite.

2/8/2005 2:42:55 PM

Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

735 Pukos x 893.5 Pukos

2/8/2005 4:02:38 PM

Long Island,New York

1857Andrews05 x 2006Andrews05*

2/8/2005 4:14:06 PM

Cincinnati,OH

How about 810 Dill 99 x 940 Mombert 98 for big-n-orange, or has it been done?

2/8/2005 4:39:17 PM

No Place Special

I have plans for the big orange cross this year. My 1125 Frantz X 1101 Northrup. They are both very big and beautiful and I guess the offspring will be the same.

2/8/2005 5:16:51 PM

canal winchester ohio

Sweet Dream Glen..LOL

2/8/2005 5:25:47 PM

Ri

for orange = 1016 daletas X 1225 jutras com'n spring!!!!!! pete

2/8/2005 5:49:07 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

G....Your nuts...but I take an offspring if ya got it...!!!

Grow Em Big!!! Chuck

2/8/2005 6:31:40 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

SASBP is in the mail G....just waiting for you to fill it!

2/8/2005 6:32:58 PM

Butler, Ohio

1016 Daletas x 846 Jutras...maybe next year...has it been done?

2/8/2005 7:16:26 PM

Western Pa.

Do you mean "killer" cross OR "kilr" cross?

kilr

2/8/2005 7:25:19 PM

San Diego

I love the 1016 for size and color but a lot of mutations in those genes:(

2/8/2005 7:58:29 PM

Ohio

Duster,Did the 1016 grow alot of bird bath shaped pumpkins or was that another Dalentas?

Killer Cross

1260 Weir x 1068 Wallace

2/8/2005 8:34:30 PM

Greencastle, PA

1230 Daletas x 951 Castelluci, 1156 Larsen x 800 Larsen, 1156 Larsen x 220 Andrews*, 601 Hampton x 563 Geerts, 780 Eaton x 703 Smith*.... i get bored sometimes.

2/8/2005 9:32:10 PM

San Diego

yeah, the 1016 grew a lot of bird baths. I grew the 1016, a huge plant with great heat tolerance too, but I got one of the many mutated ones and didn't get a pumpkin. The 1230 had a lot of mutes too. Jimmy

2/8/2005 10:49:44 PM

Eddyz@efirehose.net

21 Beachy x 1260 Weir
Will be done this year
The 21 beachy hung in with the 723 I grew until the weather got the best of the 21 Beachy

2/9/2005 12:02:46 AM

Indiana

Thanks for backing me there Eddy! Lots of people dont actually think I grew the 21...LOL

Tom

2/9/2005 12:53:56 AM

Johnston, R.I.

Pete
For orange how about the 846 Jutras x itself

2/9/2005 8:59:08 AM

Massachusetts

1260 Weir (heavy and orange) X 1016 Daletas (nice round shape and orange) Hoping to throw heavy orange.......

2/9/2005 4:04:03 PM

Commack, NY

Im not a squash guy by any means........but id like to see a green throwing 815 Anderson x 895 Hester.

2/9/2005 4:12:03 PM

Indiana

How about 901 hebb x 1370 rose for a heavy color cross of 901 X 1225 jutras??

2/9/2005 6:04:12 PM

Appalachian Mtns.

1260 Weir x 730 Stellpflug x 1260

2/9/2005 9:15:20 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

451 Ford x 535 Dill

2/9/2005 10:18:18 PM

Cologne Brescia Italy

I will cross for sure 1370 rose x 1097 beachy

2/11/2005 3:39:39 AM

Itzetown City

1101 Ford 04 x 903 Ford 04
(898x1016) x (1016x1097)

2/11/2005 5:23:14 AM

Cincinnati,OH

How about 1367 Rose x 1097 Beachy

2/12/2005 11:49:12 PM

Greencastle, PA

I would also like to self a 1230 or 1016 that doesn't mutate.
Tom

2/12/2005 11:58:45 PM

niagara falls

How about 582 Hester X 898 Knauss

2/13/2005 3:00:11 AM

In the shade - PDX, OR

582 Hester X 898 Knauss = 760.0 Pappas 2003

2/13/2005 11:38:29 AM

Covington, WA

Hmmm. Wonder how the 1033 Emmons 04 X 1074 Calai 02 would do. Then cross the offspring into the 1097 Beachy 02. Just thinking out loud.

2/13/2005 7:37:11 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

1097 Beachy X 1142 van Kooten and the other way!

1005 Mombert X 1142 van Kooten as above....

2/13/2005 10:44:01 PM

Syracuse, NY

...every pumpkin plant in the world pollinated by the 801.5 Stelts...Martin Reiss had a good head start on it!

hence, okay, starting in reverse, duh---
801.5 Stelts X:
898, 1260.4, 845, 723, 783, 842,
935 Lloyd; basically anything that has ever grown a
1000-plus pounder, AND especially the REVERSE crosses.
i know, some of these have been done already,
but not everybody knows. all dream crosses to me!

2/14/2005 2:35:23 AM

That State Up North

990 Bax x self x self x self
x
567.5 Mombert x self x self or 801.5 Stelts x self x self
wait, no I already know what that does hehe

794 LeGras x 616 Corkum (both green and with "the juice")

755 Thompson x 574 Mitchell (if only)
mmm, so many posibilities, I could spend all day on this thread digging through the genetic stockpile in my fridge(s).

Nic Welty

2/15/2005 8:17:10 AM

Cincinnati,OH

If someone wants some 990 Bax x self x self x self
contact me.
326 Rahe 04 est. (781 Schlutt 96 x Self) plant #1
212 Rahe 04 est. (781 Schlutt 96 x Self) plant #2
Ron Rahe
uncron@hotmail.com

2/15/2005 8:08:52 PM