How to Buy Heirloom Tomatoes

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Tip 1 - Celebrating Heirloom Tomatoes

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sean Riordan | permalink

I can remember a time, as a kid in Mississippi, when tomatoes were not the common grocery store commodity they are today. They were also far from the uniformly sized, blemish-free, picture-perfect specimens most of us see in our local stores year-round. The tomatoes of my youth were scarred, irregular and transit-weary. They were also almost non-existent in the fall, winter and spring. Then they would flood the grocery stores, farmers markets and family gardens in the summer.

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Tip 2 - Are Heirloom Tomatoes Always Worth The Price?

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dennis Kinsey | permalink

Colorful, gnarled heirloom tomatoes are typically marketed as a more flavorful upgrade to their more standardized hybrid cousins. But do you always get a better tomato for those high prices?
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Tip 3 - The Definitive Reason Heirloom Tomatoes Are Just Plain Better

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Roy Freeborn | permalink

Taste. It's all about the taste.
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Tip 4 - How to Buy Heirloom Tomato Seeds

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by bejan manuela | permalink

are a type of non-pollinated tomato. There are several varieties to choose from, so look around and find the one that most appeals to you. Decide which type of tomatoes you want. There are over 600 varieties of heirloom tomatoes; each has...
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