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This thread made me get off my butt and save some seeds. Cherokee Purples, Beefsteaks, and some big ole yellow tomatoes that have been in the family for generations now. The yellows have been saved so long now it takes 2 tomatoes to get enough seeds to cover half a paper towel! EVERYTHING Ive planted for the last few years has all been heirloom stock. I wish I could plant some of these green beans, butter beans, etc.... that my Mom got from her Mom who got them from her Mom, x who knows how many generations, but I cant. If I did the deer would get them before I could get my seed stock back so they lay dormant in the freezer until I can find somebody without deer or a high enough fence to keep them out to raise them.
 
Speaking of heirloom seeds, I planted what I thought was canteloupes my Mom had saved, she died in 1996 and they have been in the freezer ever since. I planted probably 12 cups of them, used up the seed stock, only ONE made it but its certainly NOT a canteloupe! I dont know what this thing is but Im going to let the biggest one mature and start to rot before I cut into it to see. That way I can at least get her seed stock back and HOPEFULLY figure out what it is!
 
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Here's the "whatever the heck it is" Huntaholic is talking about. Anybody have any ideas? My only guess was a loofa gourd. My grandma did like gourds for whatever reason. But I honestly have no idea.
 
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Popcorn said:
Mush melon!
My grand father grew those. Have not seen any in a long time.
Very cantaloupe like but longer season, much larger.
Well worth the effort to continue them.
They are delicious. High in sugar and bruise easily so not successful in the markets but a great melon
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How big will it get? I dont want to wait too long but I dont want to pick too soon either!
 
Popcorn said:
I have seen them as big as 16 inches long and 10 inches wide.
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Cool! This one aint gonna be far from that! I need to pick it and let the resources go to a couple others that are growing but not near as big but I dont want to pick it too soon!
 
Huntaholic said:
and some big ole yellow tomatoes that have been in the family for generations now. The yellows have been saved so long now it takes 2 tomatoes to get enough seeds to cover half a paper towel!
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Could you possible spare a seed or two? I'd love to give them a try. I generally save seeds too.
 
Shag said:
Not mine. That would belong to Huntaholic. His garden, his "whatever the heck it is" and his skoal. I'm a Copenhagen man myself.
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I've been a Skoal Fine Cut Wintergreen man since back when all I had to tell the clerk was Skoal. Wish I was just a man and had never started
 
LOL I WAS a Levi Garrett man from the time I was about 13 until I was 29 and I just decided to quit one night. Stayed quit for about 15 years and thought "one dip wont hurt". That was 14 years ago. Its about time to quit again for good I suppose.
 
I remember getting pissed when Skoal jumped up to 75 cents a can...and only being about 14 and not getting carded.
 
Tenntrapper said:
I remember getting pissed when Skoal jumped up to 75 cents a can...and only being about 14 and not getting carded.
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Used to skip lunch and use the money to buy a can at the gas station across from the school before baseball practice. Wish they'd carded me… It's on me now though. No ones fault but me. Just weak and stupid for not quitting
 
Update on the mystery melon: Its starting to get a "bark" on it now like a regular cantelope. Its stopped getting bigger but its still firm and the stem is still green.
 
SADLY, this will be the last and final update on the mystery melon. :(:( I looked at it yesterday evening and SERIOUSLY thought about picking it, but decided I would give it ONE more day. When I passed the garden this morning I was totally upset, depressed, angry, you name it. A DAMMMMNED bear picked it for me last night and carried it off, never to be seen again. Not only that, he tore the vines up so bad that I dont think my plant will survive.
The silver lining is that there was another melon, MUCH smaller, about like the small nerf football size, and even though he picked it, he left it about 15 yards from the garden and I saved it. I gave it to Shag this morning and he cut it open and HOPEFULLY the seeds are mature enough to get our stock back. I wont try to raise them here again, but he doesnt have the random rogue black vermin at his place so maybe he can try it again next year.
 
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Here's the seeds from the smaller one that the bear didn't carry to another county.
 

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