Re: [gourds] Gourds Digest V1 #113
Becky (gourds@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 20 Feb 1998 19:06:33 -0600
Mark Middle Mountain wrote:
>
> For the vegetarians amongst us, could you clarify what the size of a
> goose egg is? I have a rough idea what a chicken egg size is, but not
> familiar with a goose egg.
Although, I've had only limited experience with goose eggs, I would
probably describe a goose egg as (others please correct me if I'm wrong)
being about 3" x 4". Probably more like 3-4 times larger than a chicken
egg.
If you haven't seen a goose egg, then what did you use as the special
prize egg in your Easter egg hunts?
> I seem to recall talking to someone about egg gourds at the Ohio Gourd
> Show, and they were making the point that the egg gourd tends to get
> larger and that the challenge of growing them is to keep them small. We
> bought a bag from her(unless i'm getting the person I bought them from
> confused with someone I was talking to ABOUT them - the gourd show
> memories are a little confused as I talked to SO many people) and her
> egg gourds were a little smaller than a chicken egg.