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Minnesota([email protected])

Here's some pumpkins I consider to be outstanding based on looks(my criteria is color and shape). I'm basing this on pictures I've seen.

650 Muller
654 Troy
659 Troy
670 Daigle
710.5 Companio
846 Calai
953 Langevin
953 Whittier
1074 Calai
1125 Frantz
1233.3 Reiss

I'm sure I'm missing some beauties here. I'd like to hear your thoughts.

3/31/2006 3:15:06 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

Corrections:
710.5 Companion
1233.5 Riess

3/31/2006 3:16:23 PM

Appalachian Mtns.

Speaking of the 654 and 659 Troy, the 528 Little is from the same seed (940 Mombert '00)...and was quite good-looking if I do say so myself. An offspring of it won best of show at the Southern Ohio weigh-off last year.
(shameless plug)

3/31/2006 3:49:54 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

what no 808 Beachy...

3/31/2006 3:53:08 PM

Utah

my 671 Tanner 04 was a nice looking dark orange pumpkin.

3/31/2006 4:15:49 PM

Berlin,mi.([email protected])

802 kurilich
603 muller
781 frantz
1101 northrup
621 zuhlke i really like this one
615 zuhlke this one too. lol
915.5 dieffenbauhger ( spelling)

3/31/2006 4:31:17 PM

Ft. Branch, IN ([email protected])

601 Rahe
1074 Calai

3/31/2006 4:49:10 PM

Greene R.I.

1225 jutras blows them all away!and it really did weight 1225

3/31/2006 5:10:12 PM

Dallas, Oregon

don't forget Bubbles....the Zunino 487 won best looking at Half Moon Bay.

3/31/2006 5:28:01 PM

Greencastle, PA

1301 Whittier
846 Calai
947 Patrick

3/31/2006 5:44:58 PM

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1225 Jutras '03 for sure. The best looking over 1000 ever.
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/displayphoto.asp?pid=2492&gid=-21025

736 Garrell '03 (801.5 Stelts '97 x 876.5 Lloyd '96)
was another hotty.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/displayphoto.asp?pid=2449&gid=-21025

3/31/2006 6:36:00 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

Some very pretty ones mentioned.
I particularily agree on the 601 Rahe and 487 Zunino. I don't know how I forgot these. They both had great color, and classis pumpkin(barrel shape).

3/31/2006 7:30:46 PM

Paradise Mountain, New York

I'll have to agree 100 percent with Mr. Green. The 1225 Jutras is one soild orange pumpkin. It really went 1225 pounds with no QUESTIONS about it.......

3/31/2006 8:01:39 PM

Western NY

i'll throw my 487 into the list:

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/DisplayPhoto.asp?pid=3135

i think the best looking large one i've seen in person was the 1023 Sundstrom.

3/31/2006 8:18:35 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Don't forget Ned's 689.5 Sandercock.

It's seeds also throw very nice round and brilliant orange fruit on a regular basis.

3/31/2006 9:06:33 PM

Indiana

I would have to say the 1273.5 Howard. Nice shape and great color. Check it out at http://home.earthlink.net/~tfriermood/id17.html its the first picture you come to.

3/31/2006 9:42:53 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

I've been to every weighoff in Anamosa, and last year I thought I had about the best looking pumpkin ever on an 808 Beachy. Then it sprung a leak 5 days before weighoff. Then at the weighoff, I saw Mike Frantz's 781. For shape, color, ribs, etc. nothing I have seen can even come close.

4/1/2006 3:18:29 PM

San Diego, Ca.

I'll throw in my 481. One of the most beautiful pumpkins I have seen.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=42607

4/2/2006 12:39:31 AM

Eastern Pennsylvania

I second the 481 it will hit the dirt in MD this year.

4/2/2006 1:50:03 AM

Ohio

Werners 1332 '05 Pumpkin and the carnival glass 774 Tanner 05'. I also like the 781 Frantz.

4/2/2006 4:57:02 AM

No Place Special

1225 Jutras, my 1125 and 781 are my top three picks. My 781 has both the 1225 and 1125 in them. I also was amazed the first time i seen pics of the 1273 Howard. Those 1370's sure throw VERY nice looking pumpkins.

4/2/2006 5:03:32 AM

Ohio

Gourd, thats the first time i have seen your 481,I dont know how I missed that, great color!

4/2/2006 5:15:45 AM

Appalachian Mtns.

The 731 is a heck of an aggressive plant. I grew it 3 years ago and loved it and the deep orange fruit...that 481 is NICE :0)
1225 does get a high nod too, as well as Mike's 781.

4/2/2006 8:38:11 AM

Napa Valley, CA

I have seen the photos of many beautiful ones.
The best looking ones that I have seen in person are
731 Stucker (801.5 Stelts x sibb)
654 Troy (940 Mombert 00 x open)
487 Zunino (1048 Companion x self)

4/2/2006 9:31:28 PM

Little Compton, R.I.

I agree with Mr. Green Jutras 1225 is the best I've seen!!!You really need to see a picture!!

4/2/2006 10:27:18 PM

[email protected]

I posted a link to the 1225.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/displayphoto.asp?pid=2492&gid=-21025

4/2/2006 11:09:41 PM

No Place Special

Wow steve that is nice... 1225! I think the only pics I seen may have been from the blossom side. Wow that is absolutely a perfect looking pumpkin.

4/3/2006 12:37:57 AM

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1225 grows pretty pumpkins too.

4/3/2006 7:51:41 AM

wisconsin rapids WI

http://bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=29499

4/3/2006 1:40:59 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

Here you go Wade:

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=44332

4/3/2006 2:47:23 PM

Syracuse, NY

wow, am i happy---i now have the 961 Daletas and the
1016 Daletas, the parents of the two
most-gorgeous pumpkins in a row ever,
per the 1225 link above...
sorry, they are not for trade,
but i AM happy to own them.

4/3/2006 4:54:23 PM

Hudsonville, Michigan ([email protected])

1225 tops them all in shape, size & color, but most offspring is not nearly as vibrant as momma. I'm sure it has a little something to do with that 845 pollinator...
Doug, are you looking for a list of great looking pumpkins? Or seeds that consistently throw great looking pumpkins? Two different lists...
AGGC has a new "Top Producers" query which shows which seeds produce the most consistently for color/variance. Shows degree of homozygosity for a given trait...an excellent breeding tool.
Frank

4/7/2006 1:00:32 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

Thanks Frank, and everyone.
I was looking for the best looking pumpkins grown. I checked out the feature on the AGGC, that is quite interesting.

4/7/2006 5:22:36 PM