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Salem, OR

Interestingly, not many 1600 pound pumpkins this year. A typical Bell curve would give us more like, I don't know, 20 or so 1600 pounders.
1 2000+, 1 1900+, 3 1800+, 9 1700+, 7?1600+, 55 1500 pounders. I think I counted those right. That means that about 10 people were far and above the rest of the field this year. Hmmm.

10/14/2013 10:28:01 PM

Salem, OR

Here's another weird thing, as far as statistics goes:
Approximately
50 1500 pound pumpkins
50 1400 pound pumpkins
50 1300 pound pumpkins
50 1200 pound pumpkins. And the 1100's are about the same.
What I would expect to see is something more like:

1 2032
1 1985
3 1800's
9 1700's
20 1600's
35 1500's
60 1400's
100 1300's
(yeah, that would be too many over 1300, but you get the drift)
I haven't checked past years' results, but my vague recollection is that it was more along the lines of what I've just outlined. Any theories to explain this?

10/14/2013 10:36:40 PM

Pocatello (cliffwarren@yahoo.com)

I wonder if the data would look more "bell" if you separated the regions, west coast, upper mid-west, northeast, europe, etc. California definitely had the best weather, while the highest concentration of growers are from the Midwest and northeast, and they had a harder time with the weather.

10/15/2013 12:47:16 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Yes weather is your missing factor...mother nature ruleZ the grow

10/15/2013 9:46:15 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

To many variables...to show any control.

10/15/2013 1:24:22 PM