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The GVGO Executive would like to wish you a happy and safe Holiday Season and Big Fruit & Veggies in the New Year< Be safe! GVGO Executive

The Dutch giant vegetable club is going to have a seed sale on bigpumpkins.com in January, BUT we would like to offer our seeds to GVGO members first at reduced prices (Canadian dollars instead of Euros). The proceeds go to sponsoring our giant vegetable weigh-off. We have ten packages of each of the lots. You can buy one or more of each. Price includes shipping. Payment preferably by PayPal but if absolutely necessary in Canadian cash sent to The Netherlands. No cheques or money orders. If you want to buy one or more lots, email Bradley Wursten at giantveg@hotmail.com. First come, first serve. The sale will end at the end of the year (or when we run out of seeds) and then move to bigpumpkins.com. Lot 1: Giant veg lots ($20) Multiple seeds of all. All varieties have grown world records. Heavy cucumber - 21-23lbs Baggs 2019 Long cucumber – 30-32” Aubergine / Eggplant – Monstruese de New York Kohlrabi – Superschmelz Tomato – 4.65-6.22lbs Leek – Mammoth Pot Carrot – New Intermediate Red Mangold - Brigadier Radish – April Cross Pepper - Colossal Long chili pepper – Joe’s Long Cheyenne Heavy chili pepper - Pablona Lot 2: Wursten FPs ($30) FP - 1x 205 Wursten 19 (133 Wursten x 158.7 Horde) – GPC 1st place FP - 2x 156.5 Wursten 19 (176.4 Wursten x 158.7 Horde) - 32% heavy FP - 2x 110 Wursten 17 (reverse cross of the 133 that grew the 176.4 and 205) Lot 3: Dutch FPs ($40) 1x 205 Wursten 19 (133 Wursten x 158.7 Horde) – GPC 1st place 1x 180.8 Horde 17 (158.7 Horde x 158.6 MacKinnon) – former NL record 3x 164.7 Horde 14 (103 MacKinnon x 128 Lyons) – former NL record 1x 158.7 Horde 16 (117.1 Horde x 247 Graham) – grew 180.8 Horde 1x 156.5 Wursten 19 (176.4 Wursten x 158.7 Horde) – GPC 9th place 1x 102 Horde 18 (205.8 Schenk x 180.8 Horde) - grew 181 Young 19 Lot 4: FP + marrow ($30) FP: 205 Wursten 19 (133 Wursten x 158.7 Horde) – 1 seed Marrow: 156 or 167 or 181 or 196 Baggs 19 (165 Baggs x 220 Baggs) – 2 seeds Lot 5: Mystery lot ($20) Have some fun with a mystery lot of giant pumpkin and giant vegetable seeds. No two lots are the same but they all contain at least one AG seed over 2000lbs, a top of the line field pumpkin seed and they could contain squash, gourds, cucumbers, watermelons, tomatoes, beets, carrots, peppers or anything else we can find in our stash. Each lot contains a minimum of ten packages. Note: outside of this seed sale there are only about four or five seeds from the 205 Wursten field pumpkin available at auctions.

Below is a rundown of paid members and what the Club typically spends funds on each year CLUB SUMMARY 2019 The Club has 196 total paying members 135 On, 28 Can, 20 US, 18 EU Expenses Canadian Challenge, Personal best, Hall Rental, Meal, Prizes Plaques, Jackets, Website, Webmaster, Web hosting cost, Patch tours Seed Sorting & Mail out, Auctions, Postage, Newsletter, Supplies Hats, T-shirts, Misc., 4-H sponsorship It takes people and money to run your club, So much to do and only 5 executive members to do the work Dues were not raised this year with the Executive opting for monetary restraint. As always please send your comments to gvgogrowers@gmail.com GVGO - EXECUTIVE