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l-r Andy Maxwell, Ken Marshall (Chairman), Trevor Oakley, Kathy Garnham and Margaret Corridan with some of the entries.
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Prize specimens on show at Bracknell Horticultural Association's Marrowthon

By Julie Spencer
November 05, 2012

It was a squash at the Bandstand when dozens of gardeners showed off their prize specimens in Bracknell Horticultural Association’s Marrowthon.

Pumpkins, squash and gourds of all shapes, sizes and colours competed in three classes – the heaviest, the best looking and the most unusual.

Roy Adkins’ 44lb pumpkin was judged the heaviest and another of his crop was voted the best looking.

Andy Maxwell’s unusual blue-green winter Marina Di Chioggia squash was voted the most unusual at the Marrowthon on Sunday.

Andy, who is a spokesman for the club which meets on the first Wednesday of the month at Coopers Hill Community Centre, said: “We had double the amount of entries that we had last year.”

Monthly meetings at the club include a guest speaker and are open to all gardeners.

Andy said: “There are committed allotment holders like me, serious gardeners and those who are just getting into it.”

For more details, visit www.digforbracknell.org.uk.

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DAMN.....you've been peeking!!!

deejaykay, Tilehurst
05/11/2012 at 17:58

False modesty will get you nowhere DJK - I've heard they're more like runner-up sultanas!

Brig. Bertie Fawcett-Jones GPMG , Bracknell
05/11/2012 at 15:08

They are prize winning plums Bertie if you want to see them. You can fit one in each hand if you want a feel.

deejaykay, Tilehurst
05/11/2012 at 13:29

I don't think I've heard anything so hilarious in my life - you're quite possibly the funniest human alive. So droll, so pithy. You certainly give Les Dennis a run for his money.