Anyone in Ohio may enter this contest.  Tomato products and fresh Tomato entries are to be brought to the Tomato Tent at Civic Park in Reynoldsburg on Monday Sept 1^st from 10 am to 6 pm and on Tuesday Sept. 2^nd  from 8 am to 12 pm.  Judging will be at 1 pm on Tuesday Sept 2^nd. 

Entries for cherry tomatoes, please bring 10 for judging, all other require 5 tomatoes.  Judging is closed to the public.

Winnings and ribbons must be picked up at the office trailer near the entrance of the festival grounds at Civic Park by close on Sat. Sept. 9^th or they will be forfeited.  Call 866-2861 for more information.

Our Grand Champion Tomato (largest tomato) will win $200.00 per pound. (Must be an Ohio resident.)

FRESH TOMATO EXHIBIT 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