Sometime during the spring, backyard food growers will decide what kind of tomatoes to grow: heirlooms or hybrids. Hybrid varieties have had the benefit of genetic tinkering that allows for some cool ...

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, they ...

The word “heirloom” likely conjures an image of the past, and when it comes to growing food, the implication is mostly accurate. But while some try to define heirloom cultivars by age — at least 50 ...

Tomatoes are the essence of summer, and heirloom tomatoes are the best of the bunch. Need some ideas on how to make the most of your farmers' market haul and savor the season's colorful crop well past ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We Southerners have a special kinship with heirloom tomatoes. They star in so many of our favorite seasonal dishes, from stunning ...

Nowadays, everyone seems to be excited about heirloom plants. But what exactly are they? This subject most frequently arises when speaking about vegetable varieties. Heirlooms introduce you to ...

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 ...

In a supermarket full of uniformity, the variety of heirloom tomato shapes really stands out. Piled next to lines and lines of identical Roma and Beefsteak tomatoes, the colors and lumps of heirlooms ...

Somewhere between the era of your grandparents’ kitchen gardens and today’s gleaming supermarket shelves, a lot of flavor ...