Walk into any serious restaurant kitchen in peak summer and you will almost certainly find a crate of misshapen, multicolored, oddly named tomatoes sitting near the pass. They look nothing like what ...

The first ripe tomato—no matter how small—is the official sign of summer for many gardeners. Whether it is a tiny flavor bomb plucked from a cherry tomato plant or a massive slicer that is bound for ...

A few years ago, Mark Williams, an OSU Master Gardener Volunteer, presented information on heirloom tomatoes for fellow ...

It’s December and the Johnny’s Seed catalog is splayed out across my coffee table along with Baker’s Rare Seeds, Tomato Growers Supply and any number of other splashy, colorful catalogs. The fire in ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’re likely to come across some varieties of hybrid tomatoes at the supermarket. They’re grown year-round and are cultivated to ...