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The tomato’s unique rise to popularity
Once referred to as a Wolf’s Peach, tomatoes were not always as popular as they are now, generally, or in Julie Geiss’ culinary wheelhouse.
How to freeze whole tomatoes
If your tomato crop is too large for you to handle and you don’t want to can this year, try freezing whole tomatoes.
Tomato hornworm: Friend or foe?
Tami Gingrich tries to change readers’ perceptions on the dreaded tomato hornworm, which is actually a large, beautiful sphinx moth.
Tips for growing the best tomatoes
Eric Keller offers some tips for growing better tomatoes and increasing production in a vegetable garden.
Prized tomatoes and sibling wars
Julie Geiss takes us back to the end of summer sometime in the 1980s, during a time of sibling rivalries and prized Egyptian heirloom tomatoes.
Ohio tomato growers donate sauce
TOLEDO – Hirzel Canning Company, headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, has partnered with 19 local tomato growers to respond to the national disaster effort and to help hungry families in Ohio.
Variety is the spice of life for ‘The Tomato Man’
NOVELTY, Ohio – The red-and-white striped canopy shades the heaping baskets of red, orange and yellow fruits and the honor-system money box at the end of the driveway.
Tomato genome gets fully sequenced
For the first time, the genome of the tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, has been decoded, an important step toward improving yield, nutrition, disease resistance, taste and color of the tomato and other crops.
High tunnels are terrific for tasty tomatoes
Fred Forsburg’s tomatoes are perfect — tough to do in a certified organic operation where no pesticides, herbicides or fungicides are used. The Livonia farmer’s secret? Growing tomatoes in high tunnels.
Search for what makes a tasty tomato
Tomatoes are a $2 billion crop in the U.S., but a common complaint is that the varieties in supermarkets often lack the flavor of locally grown varieties.
To improve flavor, breeders need to know more about the types of tomatoes that hold the greatest potential for enhancing taste.
