You’re likely to come across some varieties of hybrid tomatoes at the supermarket. They’re grown year-round and are cultivated to have specific characteristics that make them well-suited to mass ...

There’s absolutely nothing as amazing as a fresh-picked tomato still warm from the sun. In fact, tomatoes are one of the most popular plants in home gardens, alongside beans, summer squash, and herbs ...

It’s an age-old question—is a tomato a fruit, or a vegetable? Botanically they are a fruit, but the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that they are a vegetable (due to their use in cooking), so it’s kind ...

What do you think of when you see the word “heirloom” associated with tomatoes? I used to think they were old varieties that were probably especially tasty but finicky to grow. Well, part of that is ...

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 ...

Carroll County Master Gardener Marty Hankins picks an oxheart tomato, one of many varieties of heirloom tomatoes she grows in the garden at her home in Hampstead Wednesday, August 10, 2022. The ...

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Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifter -- these are names that make a tomato lover’s heart race. They conjure up images of backyard plants grown from hard-sought seeds, of ...