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Coventry RI USA

I would like to thank everyone for all the well wishes, emails and phone calls. Please bear with me on the return emails and calls, I will respond to everyone but at this point I am burried, but not complaining. At some point when it all slows down I'll post some interesting facts on the 1502 and paps 1450. I hope everyone someday can feel how I have felt over the last 24-hours, made all the hard work over the last 16-years worth every minute of it.

Thank you,

Ron Wallace

10/8/2006 7:13:28 PM

Indiana

Ron,
Talking to you for several years, seeing how you tirelessly help fellow growers, and watching the hardships over the years since I began growing, I cannot think of any other person more deserving than you and your father. You truely deserve it and I hope you and your father enjoy this moment.

It has been a pleasure watching your season unfold beginning over the last several weeks with all of the 1100 pound culls that you took to early contests and continuing through yesterday.

Simply amazing season!

Tom Beachy

10/8/2006 7:50:20 PM

[email protected]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer or more deserving family. Talk about paying dues? After all of the let downs you guys have proven that perseverance pays off.

Well done.

Hey...maybe a "Season in Review for the 1502" write up to post here at BP?

10/8/2006 8:58:17 PM

Montoursville, PA

Hopefully it will hold up for you as the new World Record as the weigh-ins continue.

It it does hold up and if Scott Cully comes to carve it I would like to be there for the carving. Please post on this if it comes to pass. Thanks and congrats for being the first to realize the impossible dream. Great work!

10/8/2006 9:26:22 PM

So. Maine

Ron are you taking the year off next season to rest up ? You MUST HAVE lost some sleep the past couple of weeks....... AL B.

10/8/2006 9:56:30 PM

Sophia WV

Ron just wanted to Thank You and Pap for being such nice people and always emailing answers to questions.People like you and your dad make this a very fun hobby for sure!
Robert

10/9/2006 7:02:30 AM

Connecticut, USA

Simply Awesome. Congrats.

10/9/2006 7:05:00 AM

Delaware, Ohio

Congratulations! I am truly in wonder over your accomplishment. Enjoy your time in the spotlight. I hope you will post some facts and tips for all of us here on bigpumpkins.
~CityGirl

10/9/2006 7:06:44 AM

Cameron,ontario Team Lunatic

Congrats Ron & Dick from all the GVGO members on an amazing season. You both have paid your dues in this sport & now the day has come for your rewards. Couldn't have happen to a more deserving father/son team. Way to go guys. I'm look forward to cruising with you guys this winter & I have lots of questions for you. LOL. Enjoy the next few months. Take care.


Phil

10/9/2006 7:24:05 AM

Somerset,Ky

Ron and Pap, You both done a great and it shows! When people
work together things will happen. I remember what pap told
me the skys the limit! Awesome job keep up th hard work
John Van Hook

10/9/2006 8:58:35 AM

Grants Pass, Oregon

Great job Ron & Pap, outstanding accomplishment.

Cary Polka

10/9/2006 9:30:55 AM

Nashville, TN

Great accomplishment! Going for 1600 next year?
-Peck

10/9/2006 1:53:48 PM

milford, CT,

Ron and Dick , Thanks for your help this year. With so many great pumpkins taking up most of your time, it shows what great guys you are to take time to help guys like me who have only been growing a few years. Savor the accomplishment...you guys earned it! Mark

10/9/2006 2:42:31 PM

caro mi.

Nice work you 2 ....hopefully you guys dont get pushed into hiding , by the seed mongers . Alot of us future green thumbs have picked up so many growing tips over the last year or two from pap , that it would be a shame if he isnt allowed to continue his sharing of knowledge , without being harrased for his seeds .......

10/9/2006 7:53:34 PM

Mn

You walleces are some of the nicest people I kown. You even gave me one of your now infamous 1068 seeds after I fried two while germinating. you deserve all the glory. On-ward and Up-ward 2000lbs here we come!!

10/9/2006 9:25:53 PM

Aloha, Oregon

AWESOME JOB RON WALLACE!!!!

Jordan Grimes

10/9/2006 10:38:58 PM

Ohio

Congratulations and happy growing for many more years.

10/10/2006 12:06:00 AM

Buren Ameland,West Frisian Islands, Netherlands

Great Job, Ron and Dick,
congratulation from Frisian Island Ameland, Netherlands.
It is a great example to go for in the coming years!
A reallly wonderfull result!
And a very nice fruit too!
Regards, Theo.

10/10/2006 5:03:37 AM

SF Bay Area, California

Congratulations Ron!! Wow, Wow, Wow..... you made a statistical probability turn into a certainty - 1068 Wallace, the top seed of all-time!!!

10/10/2006 11:56:19 AM

Danville, CA ([email protected])

This has been a great year from all accounts. Your new world record is truly amazing to behold. Once a dream is now a reality. You now stand solely atop the highest mountain and for the rest of us, the goal posts have moved. Congratulations!!

10/10/2006 2:10:46 PM

Coventry R.I.

ron and dick, i to would like to thank you for all you help you have given me, dick for all the e/mails all last winter, answered everyone of them . and ron thanks for letting me and the kids bother you on sundays, with all my questions, while you were working in the patch,never once said ,i dont have the time today. with all you guys here scott, fred, steve s, norm, pete, joe j helping me out 1 time or another, i thank you all. ron pap congrat,s you guys deserve it!!!

10/10/2006 3:34:02 PM

Belgium Europe

Top seed in the world and top pumpkin!!!
Congrats from belgium,europe!

10/10/2006 3:41:20 PM

Vermont

Simply amazing pumpkin Ron,way to go!And to Pap who gave me a little potassium advice which I believe gave me great results this year!!!
Scoops

10/10/2006 10:26:52 PM

Warwood

You and your dad are truly amazing. It must be nice to have that kind of relationship to grow together and enjoy it as much as you both do. No doubt you'll both go down in pumpkin history. You both deserve it. Thanks for all your help over the past year as well. Congratulations!! Don

10/13/2006 10:35:49 PM

Joliet, IL

Ron,
All I can so is WOW!!! You were more than generous with the interview you did for our IGPGA newsletter and you and your father have helped so many of us here on BP.com that this moment in pumpkin growing history couldn't have happened to better people. Congrats again at the new world record and now raising the bar even higher.
Jeff Shenoha aka Shazzy

10/14/2006 6:02:06 PM