The Trophy Tomato. 



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specimens were irregular, — with a remarkable thickness from the stem 

 through, excelHng in this respect even the Tilden. In size it is of the 

 very largest, being excelled but by one variety in my collection. In 

 solidity of flesh it is not excelled by any tomato, and, when its great size 

 is considered, it must be conceded to be unequalled. As to quality, 

 my wife (to whom I always defer under this head) ranks it as equal to 

 the best, some of the smallest sorts being possibly excepted. In color 



The Trophy Tomato. 



I do not think it quite equals in brilliancy the Tilden, General Grant, 

 and one or two other varieties. Of its earliness I cannot speak from 

 any comparative test, though I infer that it ranks well. 



Could I have seen the tomato itself the season before it was sent out, 

 as a seedsman I should have considered fifty or a hundred dollars w'ell 

 invested, even at Colonel Waring's unconscionable price of five dollars 

 for twenty seeds. 



