Heirloom tomatoes must be open-pollinated ... Jaune Flamme, and Aunt Ruby’s German Green. When growing any tomatoes, airflow is critical so the plant can dry out between waterings, which ...

Allen Smith will tell us what an heirloom tomato is, describe how it differs ... "Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter" and "Aunt Ruby's German Green." Here are some examples: Yellow Pear: You ...

Grow heirloom tomatoes varieties in your garden to be ... He settled on four varieties he liked and cross-pollinated them; German Johnson and Belgium Giant were probably two of the varieties ...

Planting the ‘Cuor di Bue Albenga’ tomato in June works well in most areas since the plants take 85 days to start producing ...

Early Girl (Hybrid) There's no faster-growing, better-tasting tomato! Hugh crops of 4 - 6 oz. Fruit are ideal for canning. 52 days. Vine-type. German Johnson (Heirloom) Large, prolific ...

Or try to sell you on Old German, a beautiful bi-color yellow and red heirloom with huge tomatoes and an affinity for every disease known to man except possibly the common cold. Over the last 30 ...

From seed catalogs and roadside stands to menus, we often see the phrase “heirloom tomato.” Let’s look at what the term heirloom means, and the differences between heirloom and hybrid tomatoes.

In recent years, these plant sellers have started including a few heirloom ... ve recently added German queen beefsteak, but that's about it. If you're looking for a cherry tomato with exceptional ...

Here we round up the best tasting tomato breeds you can try if you are craving sweet and sumptuous flavors. Heirloom tomatoes ...

Sybil Gorby first planted a handful of heirloom tomato seeds in 1965. Every spring since, Gorby, 92, has planted seeds from that same lineage in her garden in Tyler County, W.Va. By late June ...