Bring back lively flavor with these best-tasting tomato varieties. Grow heirloom tomatoes varieties in your garden to be used in delicious recipes There’s no other way to say this: Tomato ...

Join the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners in McHenry County for a presentation by Bob Zeni “The Chicago ...

The tomato seeds though? Yeah, those are. The seeds are what make an heirloom tomato an heirloom tomato. They are passed down from season to season, taken by the farmers from the tomato plants ...

American seed catalogs offer literally hundreds of tomato varieties but the catalogs don’t always reveal which ones have really great flavor. But now, thanks to the extraordinary work of Amy ...

Foster Hill Farm offers approximately 130 varieties of heirloom tomato plants. Unlike hybrid (two varieties bred together) varieties, heirloom seeds, she said, can be saved from year-to-year.

Recently organic farmers and foodies have championed the superior flavors of heirloom tomatoes—older varieties that come in an assortment of shapes, sizes and colors. In a study published in ...

The Purple Galaxy Tomato splashed across the cover of this season's Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog: a closeup of a blackish-purple tomato speckled with tiny pink dots. Next to it, sits a ...

Among Berks-area growers, heirloom tomatoes are must haves. Varieties such as oxheart and early girl are prolific producers of juicy, red fruit. But, there are more than 7,500 varieties to choose ...