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BMGC April 25 2017 Dedicated to Mom and Dad Born 1926 in Michigan note to self bring a pointer Version 14 16 slides with bibliography Sketch of Dads Cucumber Harvester ID: 759177

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Cukes and Gourdsby Dirk W SprengerBMGC April 25, 2017

Dedicated to Mom and DadBorn 1926 in Michigan (note to self -bring a pointer)

Version

1.4

16 slides with bibliography

Slide2

Sketch of Dad’s Cucumber Harvester

This machine simply carried men over the vines slow enough to pick them clean.

It

crawled along at

¼

mile per hour

.

The tiniest cukes would grow to 3 or 4 inches long by the time we got back to that part of the 30 acre patch.

When the ground was too wet, the cucumbers grew too fast and the tractor could not enter fields.

Slide3

Modified tomato picker – Minneapolis Moline in center.

A photo appeared in Midland Newspaper

SPRENGER FARM, COLEMAN

Slide4

Types of Cucumbers

Ordinary slicers, or pickling cucumbers

Burpless, also known as Hot House or English

cucumbers are preferred by many

Gherkins, just another word for 1-3 inch pickles

Bush

cucumbers need

2.5

sq.ft

./

plant

Cucumbers were brought to the Americas by the first explorers. Ref: Our April Seedling (club news)

Slide5

Types of cucumbers – see Johnny's

JapaneseChinesePersianArmenian (36 inch)---=========Apple – photo from Burpee seeds aboveBeit alpha, adapted to dry climate and seeds are in the door prize box.

Slide6

Cucumbers Pests

Cucumber beetle

Squash vine borerSquash bugsPowdery MildewBacterial Wilt

Slide7

Nutrition

Water 95% Vitamin K 16%Now you know all their value: H2O and K.Trucks are covered in ice-spray for shipment. Thus cool as a cucumber is about as cold as you would want to be

Slide8

What is it?

"A Cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing."

Samuel Johnson

Slide9

The take home message is

Indiangourdsociety.org has 50 documents on gourds. Some are in your hand out to show you how comprehensive this resource is.

The NC Gourd Society meets in Raleigh once per year.

There are hard-shell gourds that take months to dry. They are pollinated at night by moths – see hand out

Slide10

Indiana, wood burning prize

Slide11

Chess set made from gourds, nuts bolts washers. NC Gourd show

Slide12

NC Gourd show – a crèche

Slide13

NC Gourd

2016 Show

There are vendors sell all the things you need to decorate them,

How-to books,

Etc.

Slide14

NC Gourd show 2016

Painted stem is the beak

Slide15

To conclude

Show –n-tell session follows this talk with the cutting of a dried gourd and sharing seeds with responsible adults.

Too much time spent in your gourd patch may put you out of your gourd!

They are useful for dippers, bowls, and musical instruments.

Indians used gourds for hiding valuables from their enemies, such as gourd seeds.

Slide16

References

http://indianagourdsociety.org/http://www.ncgourdsociety.org/festival.html NC Meets Nov 4-5 this year.http://www.georgiagourdsociety.com/THE ARIZONA GOURD SOCIETY, GAMMA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN GOURD SOCIETY, --ITS PURPOSE is the EDUCATION & INSTRUCTION OF THOSE PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE GROWING, CULTURE, USE, HISTORY, CRAFTING & CREATION OF FINE ART FROM GOURDS.

Thanks to Kurt Moore for spell checking !