Document, Competition Categories: various categories e.g. Grand Champion Tomato, Most Peculiar Shaped Tomato, etc

Historical information

A group of card used to identify tomatoes. From photos of a legatee event it appears the cards were used as part of a competition at a comradeship evening. See the photos of 00489 which are of Legatees at an event holding these cards with many different types of tomatoes on the table. The event appears connected to SPC and examining different types of tomatoes. One man is dressed in a tomato costume. Names and date unknown. It could be a fundraising opportunity in conjunction with SPC.

Significance

A record of social gathering of legatees with possible fundraising aspects.

Physical description

Thin white cardboard with various coloured borders. Eight different titles, hand written in black ink, printed in various script types.

Inscriptions & markings

Eight different titles printed in black ink in various script. Best Cluster, Grand Champion Tomato, Biggest Tomato, Littlest Tomato, Best Decorated Tomato, Squarest Tomato, Supreme Champion, Non Tomato, most Perculiar Shaped Tomato.

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