Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) are beloved by gardeners, with over 10,000 possible types to grow. These leafy annuals grow ...

Heirloom tomatoes sound fancy, and they kind of are. This is especially true if you use them in a caprese salad or to upgrade a bacon, lettuce, tomato, and caviar sandwich. In the world of these juicy ...

You’ve probably seen gnarled, colorful tomatoes in the supermarket produce section, perhaps off-season, labeled “heirloom.” They may look enough like the real thing, but you won’t get the full story ...

Heirloom tomatoes are visually interesting and often have unique textures and colors. Beyond the look, though, these are some ...

Heirloom tomatoes, by definition, are not new. They are varieties of the fruit that fell out of mainstream cultivation for various reasons, such as shorter shelf life or delicate skins that make them ...

One of the reasons many of us shop at the farmers market is for food that actually tastes like food. Peaches full of sweet juice, cucumbers with a nice crunch and tomatoes that taste like, well, ...

Submitted photo Heirloom tomato plants are becoming quite popular among those who enjoy gardening. A few years ago, Mark Williams, an OSU Master Gardener Volunteer, presented information on heirloom ...

From tiny red orbs to enormous fruits the size of a fist or bigger, tomatoes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors (yes, colors). If you haven't explored tomato varieties beyond standard ...

Even in high tomato season, cherry tomatoes are less of a crapshoot than the big ones — too fleshy, too seedy, unevenly ripe? — as you can pop one like a bonbon to find out, either in your kitchen or ...

In my years of cooking and dining out with friends and family, I’ve found that tomatoes tend to be rather polarizing. I once had a roommate who used to claim she was allergic to tomatoes (she wasn’t) ...

Carroll County Master Gardner’s 16th Annual Heirloom Tomato Festival at Carroll County Farmers Market in Westminster Saturday. A Gold Medal orange-yellow tomato was offered for customers to sample at ...