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Wixom MI.

My oldest seed right now is
Kirk mombert 744
I may have older seeds but i have to go through them to find out.

12/10/2014 5:57:21 PM

Lloydminster/AB

I think I have a couple of 1 ton cross seeds from p&p. I might have given them away.

12/10/2014 7:12:47 PM

norway , maine

I have a few of Barry Todd's seeds from the early 80's

12/10/2014 7:27:54 PM

Muddy Waters

I have 403 William Warnock from 1903

12/10/2014 8:48:23 PM

Massachusetts

Yes 1903. The year of the first modern day world series in baseball. Cy Young pitched Boston to victory. Was somebody really growing pumpkins that year??

12/10/2014 9:02:46 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

I have several from the mid to late 90's.

How about a pic Mark;)? I would trade you my best for that one.

12/10/2014 9:08:31 PM

Massachusetts

http://www.sngpg.com/images/Rennies_Seed_Co.jpg

12/10/2014 9:13:45 PM

Claysburg , PA

1260.4 Weir 2001

12/10/2014 9:22:12 PM

Colorado

I never saw a 567.5 mombert in person.It was a legion when I started in 97. I have scores of seeds from 96' on.

12/10/2014 9:45:17 PM

Wixom MI.

Bubba needs to put that seed in the pumpkin museum !!!

12/10/2014 10:19:54 PM

Wixom MI.

So mark, when are you going to plant that seed? Lol..:)

12/10/2014 10:22:55 PM

Wixom MI.

The oldest seeds that i could find were 1998 emmonds seeds.

12/10/2014 11:26:01 PM

Waynesboro, Virginia

958 Ciliberto (2003). Reverse cross of the 1068 Wallace...898 Knauss(2001) X 845 Bobier(2000)

12/11/2014 12:23:31 AM

Muddy Waters

LOL! Yes William grew a few that year a couple in the high 300 range and the 403 he lived in Goderich Ontario.He was the first giant pumpkin grower in the world that went public with his monsters that I know of.JK on the seed.I wish I had one.I do have a 875 Llyodd the mother of the 935.

12/11/2014 8:14:45 AM

Muddy Waters

http://www.sngpg.com/pdfs/Origin_of_the_Atlantic_Giant_Pumpkin_variety.pdf

I just found this

12/11/2014 8:19:13 AM

Ohio

Mark, I have a couple 909.5 Lloyd's, if you decide to remake the 935!

12/11/2014 8:40:38 AM

Wixom MI.

Found a seed with 723 bobier genetics

12/11/2014 9:29:19 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Still have a 500 Wallace and a 805 Pukos....

12/11/2014 9:57:31 AM

Farming- a bunch of catastrophies that result in a lifestyle

LOL. A whopping 2 years old. SUCH a newbie!!

12/11/2014 6:20:17 PM

Minnesota

2014, I used to hold on to seeds, now I pass them on to other growers.

12/11/2014 7:14:47 PM

Fuquay Varina, NC

I have a hurley 560.5 (1984-broke dill's 1983 record of 483) from Gancarz's 300 (1983),not worth much now.

12/11/2014 11:12:16 PM

Muddy Waters

These seeds would never germinate.There classics for collectors

12/12/2014 8:06:50 AM

Wixom MI.

Wow mark you were swapping seeds with willian warnock in 1903 ? I got to say, you look good for your age !!! Lol... :-)

12/12/2014 9:45:04 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Iceman has seeds older than dirt, thatZ because he iZ older than dirt.

12/12/2014 12:38:00 PM

Farming- a bunch of catastrophies that result in a lifestyle

I don't know Mark....some scientists sprouted 2000 year old corn seed..lol.

12/12/2014 1:15:14 PM

Fuquay Varina, NC

My 1984 seeds will germination as well as my 1985, 1986, 1987 etc, My 208.5 & 194 lbs watermelons 1985/86? won't germinate cause I sold them.. can't find that darn man !!..lol
Henry Pleasant 267 watermelon 2009 germinate after 10 years (which he got from me). Bubba is right, don't store them well and they will not germinate. LB is right some will sprout even after 2000 years stored right

12/12/2014 7:08:26 PM

Fuquay Varina, NC

The 208.5 & 194 watermelons seeds came from Lloyd Bright and family. I always give credit where credit is due. People were doing things way before I came along.

12/12/2014 7:24:47 PM

Ham Lake, Minnesota

My oldest seeds;

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/DisplayPhoto.asp?pid=4833

12/12/2014 10:51:52 PM

Rhode Island

i have saved seeds from our 366 pounder grown in 1990. the seeds were huge and i could not help but save a couple.
pap the pope

12/13/2014 12:47:57 PM