2009 Tomato Contest

Anyone in Ohio may enter this contest. Tomato products and fresh tomato entries are accepted.

Entries for cherry tomatoes, please bring 10 for judging. All others require five tomatoes. Judging is closed to the public.

Our Grand Champion Tomato (largest tomato) will win a cash prize.

TOMATO CONTEST CATEGORIES

CLASS TOMATO VARIETY
100 Largest Tomato (Any named variety.)
101 Smallest Tomato (Must be ripe and have the stem or calyx present to be judged.)

RED STANDARD TYPE
102 Beef master
103 Better Boy
104 Burpee’s Super steak
105 Early Girl
106 Celebrity
107 Delicious
108 Fantastic
109 Jetstar
110 Marglobe
111 Rutgers
112 Supersonic
113 Beefsteak
114 Super Beefsteak
115 Any other names Red Tomato

PINK, YELLOW, WHITE TYPES
120 Pink
121 Yellow-Orange
122 Lemon Boy
123 Any white variety
124 Long Keeper

PROCESSING TYPES
130 Any Paste Variety

SALAD TYPES
140 Small Red Cherry (stem or calyx on)
141 Large Red Cherry (stem or calyx on)
142 Red Pear (stem or calyx on)
143 Yellow Pear (stem or calyx on)

PATIO CONTAINER TYPES
150 Live Plant in Container

NOVELTY TYPES
160 Pepper or stuffing, square, etc
161 Any odd formed tomato
162 Best arranged novelty (constructed of one or more tomatoes, green or ripe and appropriately staged for attractiveness)

JUNIOR CLASS (13-18 YEARS OLD)
170 Any Red Variety (Must be named on entry tag)
171 Any Yellow Variety (Must be named on entry tag)
172 Any Processing Variety
173 Any Salad Variety
174 Any Oddity
175 Novelty Arrangement

JUNIOR CLASS (6-12 YEARS OLD)
180 Any Red Variety (Must be named on entry tag.)
181 Any Yellow Variety (Must be named on entry tag.)
182 Any Processing Variety
183 Any Salad Variety
184 Any Oddity
185 Novelty Arrangement

BEST OF SHOW
190 Champion
191 Reserve Champion
192 Heirloom Varieties (at least 75 years old)

TOMATO PRODUCTS CATEGORIES
1. Decorated cake/cookies (does not need to have tomatoes in) – (Judging on flavor an decoration. No recipe required.)
2. Cake
a. plain
b. with nuts and/or fruit
3. Tomato Pie (Only need ½ pie)
4. Cookies (plain)
5. Bread
a. quick
b. yeast
6. Canned
a. stewed
b. hot pack
c. pressure
d. whole tomatoes
7. Spaghetti sauce (No meat or mushrooms)
8. Relish
a. red
b. green
c. yellow
9. Tomato pickles
10. Tomato sauce
11. Tomato juice
12. Tomato butter
13. Tomato preserves
14. Tomato jelly
15. Tomato jam
16. Tomato marmalade
17. Tomato soup
18. Tomato appetizers
19. Tomato candy
20. Tomato decoration
21. Salsa
a. mild
b. medium
c. hot
d. ballistic
22. Miscellaneous tomato products (no meat or mushrooms)