Vegetable plants can be either heirloom or hybrid. During the gardening season, we often hear about heirloom vegetables, and many of the tomatoes and peppers we personally buy are heirloom varieties.

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Q: I like to grow heirloom varieties of tomatoes but the last few years I have had issues with several tomato diseases in my garden beds. I have purchased grafted tomato plants that have done very ...

CHICAGO -- 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 ...

Napa residents Shawn Stark of D&S Produce and Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms will hold heirloom tomato plant sales and a one-hour free classes with tips and questions for planting and growing tomatoes ...

Visitors to the upcoming Celebration of the Wine festival, to be held April 17 at Chesterfield’s historic Courthouse Green, will find 20 varieties of heirloom tomatoes, as well as several other ...