Students at St. Cloud State are crossbreeding heirloom varieties to try to create a red-and-black-striped tomato. It’s too ...

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 ...

Carroll County’s master gardeners may soon also be known as master bakers, as they cook up bread recipes featuring their prized heirloom tomatoes as the star ingredient. The gardeners are preparing ...

Learn how to save seeds from tomatoes to revive heirloom varieties by saving heirloom tomato seeds and safeguard against future food uncertainty. Midsummer is here, and, for most gardeners, this means ...

We asked some of our favorite chefs and food personalities to share recipes that put juicy summer tomatoes front and center.

Even when you know a thing or two about tomatoes, the wide world of the much-loved fruit is enormous — there are at least 10,000 varieties out in the world. That might seem hard to believe when you ...

To Bob Zeni, a perfectly round and perfectly red store-bought tomato is something to look at, but not to touch. In fact, Zeni hasn’t purchased a tomato since 1990. He grows his own heirloom tomatoes ...

Question for Dan Gill: I am very interested in growing heirloom tomatoes, but many of the varieties that I plant don't seem to do too well for me. My Creole and most cherry varieties do quite well. I ...

He's the owner of Etheredge Heirloom Plants, where he specializes in heirloom and open-pollinated plants that are grown to ...

Scientists helped discover a way to enhance tomato smell and taste. Scientists showed that five of the compounds are part of a biochemical pathway for synthesis of these important flavor compounds.