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
Slide2Sketch 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.
Slide3Modified tomato picker – Minneapolis Moline in center.
A photo appeared in Midland Newspaper
SPRENGER FARM, COLEMAN
Slide4Types 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)
Slide5Types 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.
Slide6Cucumbers Pests
Cucumber beetle
Squash vine borerSquash bugsPowdery MildewBacterial Wilt
Slide7Nutrition
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
Slide8What is it?
"A Cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing."
Samuel Johnson
Slide9The 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
Slide10Indiana, wood burning prize
Slide11Chess set made from gourds, nuts bolts washers. NC Gourd show
Slide12NC Gourd show – a crèche
Slide13NC Gourd
2016 Show
There are vendors sell all the things you need to decorate them,
How-to books,
Etc.
Slide14NC Gourd show 2016
Painted stem is the beak
Slide15To 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.
Slide16References
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 !