JanisMurray's Blog

Hi Everybody,

Here's the scoop on the Naturesweet Homegrown Tomato Challenge this Saturday, Auguest 16th, at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

There will be two top winners . . .each one wins $2500 . ... one for the best large tomato and one for the best small tomato. Then there will be 6 runners up, each of whom will win a $250 gift certificate to either Schnucks, Dierbergs or Shop & Save!

Any home gardener who grows tomatoes can enter.  All you do is pick 3 large or 6 small tomatoes -- all of the same variety -- and go the Missouri Botanical Garden on Shaw in St. Louis city THIS SATURDAY MORNING. Registration opens at 9am & goes to 11am -- people bringing tomatoes to enter the contest will receive free admission. The judging includes a Brix test measuring sweetness and a taste test by a 5 judge panel who will also ask each entrant how they grew their tomatoes. The winners will be announced at noon and you must be present to win.

Other activities at the event include sampling of tomato recipes specially created for the event, information on gardening, a Prize wheel, and a Tomato Trivia Quiz with a Weber BBQ as the prize & more.

There are no restrictions on the variety or method of growing tomatoes, except that all entries must be homegrown by the entrant. The contest is NOT open to commercial growers.

For more information, call toll-free 1-800-315-8209 or long on to NatureSweet's web site at www.naturesweettomatoes.com  or go to www.mobot.org

Good luck!

Janis