About Trophy
80 days. Firm red fruits are juicy and mildly sweet, weighing 5–7 ounces each. From 1847.
In 1870, seed was provided to horticulturalist and author Colonel George Waring Jr. Colonel Waring started and promoted a national competition for the best Trophy tomato and sold packs of seeds to contest hopefuls for an amount of money that today would be over $80. Proving that suckers are born every minute, he sold large numbers of seed packs, which then produced so many tomatoes and their seeds that Trophy tomatoes became a staple in major seed catalogs. Between 1877 and 1926, the Trophy was one of the most popular and widely available tomato varieties.
About Tomato, Heirloom
These varieties were cultivated around the world decades or centuries ago. All are open-pollinated, meaning you can save seed from year to year. Heirloom tomatoes tend to be indeterminate (vining, ripening over time) and generally require support unless noted as determinate (bushier, ripening all at one time—good for canning). See also Tomato, Other.
