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with a regular apple -like form, or "smooth." The 

 Trophy came at the right time and it was the right 

 thing. Its success was unbounded. It was almost 

 the making of modern tomato culture. It marks an 

 epoch in tomato growing in this country which has 

 yet scarcely been reached in any other country. It 

 is a great landmark in American vegetable growing ; 

 and whilst it is now superseded by several superior 

 varieties, the time has forever gone when another 

 tomato can fill, in history, the place of the Trophy. 



The Trophy was judiciously introduced and adver- 

 tised. In 1871, Colonel Waring offered one hundred 

 dollars "for the heaviest tomato grown from seed 

 purchased directly from me (California, Oregon, and 

 the territories excepted)." In order that unsuccessful 

 competitors might be rewarded for their efforts, he 

 also offered to pay five dollars for every tomato 

 weighing two and one -half pounds ; two dollars and 

 fifty cents for every one weighing two and one -fourth 

 pounds ; and one dollar for every one weighing two 

 pounds. In 1872, the seeds of these prize tomatoes 

 were offered as follows : 



"Class 1. — The seed of the tomato to which the 

 one hundred dollar prize was awarded. 



'* This Tomato was grown by T. J. Hand, Esq., of Sing 

 Sing, New York, (whose entire crop I have secured 

 for seed). It weighed twenty-one and seven-eighths 

 ounces. Many others much larger than this were sent 

 in for competition ; but this was the largest of perfect 

 form. 



"Class 2. — The Seed of "Candidates for Pre- 

 mium," of perfect form and weighing sixteen ounces 

 or over. 



' ' This fruit was practically hardly at all inferior to the 

 prize-taker. 



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