Trophy Tomato

Thursday, 10 September 2009 12:57

One of the rarer, older heirloom tomatoes in the United Sates, it was featured in the Shaker catalogs from Mount Lebanon after being introduced by Colonel G.E. Waring, Jr. of Newport, Rhode Island. In 1870, Waring claimed it to beat all other slicing tomatoes, and offered its seeds for $5 per packet (the equivalent of $70 today), which provoked nearly every other commercial seed source in the country to offer “a Trophy” the next year. This vining tomato plant matures in eight days from transplanting, and produces abundant fruit over several weeks. The red, mildly acidic but sweet tomatoes reach seven ounces in weight and have an excellent texture for slicing. 80 days. Lycopersicon esculentum. Plant produces good yields of 7 oz red tomatoes.. Go to table of tomato varietes