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Old February 9, 2009   #1
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I saw a few references to Trophy in this section and wanted to add this info from an 1875 D.M. Ferry & Co’s catalogue I recently obtained.

Trophy. – Undoubtedly the best new variety that has yet been brought to notice. Is medium early, of enormous size, uniformly smooth and well formed; solid to the center, and very heavy. The seed we offer is our own growth, from stock procured from Mr. Waring, the originator, and is perfectly pure and true.
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Very interesting Jerry.
Have you ever grown this variety? I wonder how they qualify
"enormous size"?

Sounds like one to try.

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Ah, Trophy. It was sitting there in the USDA back in 1994 when I grabbed it out of there and Carolyn and I got to try it out. The problem with a tomato this old is that it is unlikely that the sample sitting there was exactly what was released back in the 1870s. We ended up finding a medium sized rather ordinary red. Another hint in the literature as close to the release as the 1880s indicates that the variety "ran out" - their term at the time for something that wasn't coming true to descriptions.
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I grew it 2006 from seed I got from Carolyn. As Craig said above it was a medium sized rather ordinary red.
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