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This should be fun and interesting, whats is the biggest AG seed you have ever seen.

And what is the smallest ag seed that you ever seen that has grown a whooper of a pumpkin?



Smallest seed that I have seen, produced the 1446 Eaton.

3/24/2005 9:14:41 PM

Western NY

biggest i've seen were the 1048 Cox, 865 mettler, and my own 451*.

smallest of my own was from my 228*. looked like field pumpkin seeds.

3/24/2005 9:17:08 PM

Syracuse, NY

the biggest TAN seed in my bunch is the 811 Kuhn, for sure!

also, the biggest WHITE one i have is the...924 Sherwood
(782.5 Stucker X 746 La Rue)

the smallest seed i have is the Holland 629 '00...
(801.5 Stelts X 935 Lloyd) white seed...i think i should plant it...

3/25/2005 12:22:55 AM

Choctaw, OK

865 Mettler's are some big seeds.

3/25/2005 1:39:33 AM

Alex, IN

811 Kuhn or the 569 Kuhn for me.

Mikkal

3/25/2005 6:09:49 AM

Woodburn, Indiana

we all know beachy's seeds are small!

3/25/2005 6:59:29 AM

Hudsonville, Michigan (michiganpumpkins@sbcglobal.net)

665 Berard is a big seed.

3/25/2005 7:15:10 AM

Roselle, IL GJGEM@sbcglobal.net

865 Mettler BIG /705 Stelts smallest

3/25/2005 8:21:00 AM

That State Up North

650 LaRue '96 was the biggest seed I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot of them. Lots of 946.5 Geerts, and 810 McInnis related older stuff was large, but the 650 had a unique and unreal dimension to some of those seeds. Not every 650 was that big, but some that I saw were huge. For a tiny seed, I had a 149 pounder in '99 that was very small in size, significantly smaller than a 705 Stelts or other common small white seeds. For a small seed producing a big fruit, happens alot, some of my 312s are small seeds that produce well. General observation over the years, the super huge seeds often have physiological difficulty with germination. I haven't seen as many of the huge seeds in modern generations, maybe selection to remove that negative effect. I like small seeds, they germminate quick, grow fast, and don't have the problems of the super huge seeds. Geneticaly, all is the same in terms of heritable traits for ultimate fruit size

Nic Welty

3/25/2005 9:12:03 AM

Greencastle, PA

the biggest I have seen are the 865 Mettler and 832 Mombert. The smallest is the 720 Parks... looks like a hwoden seed.

3/25/2005 10:26:24 AM

Napa Valley, CA

The 854-c Holland 98 was a huge seed but the biggest that I can recall seeing was the 930 Emmons 98 uow.

The 449 Marcellus 95 was a very small tan seed and the 744 Welty 00 was a small white squash seed.

3/25/2005 3:45:07 PM

Southeast

1048 Cox hands down

3/25/2005 5:17:02 PM

Sydney, Australia

Large - 832 Mombert or 771 Holland, 697.3 Boyton is also a large seed
Small - 402 Radcliffe or 403* Hamilton (312 Welty x self)

3/28/2005 7:38:43 AM