Several years ago, Dot Hall, a former Campbell food scientist, set out to recreate the original Rutgers, starting with seeds from its parents, the Marglobe and JDT tomatoes, which Campbell had stored.

The purpose of the Library Seed Bank is to save and share seeds, keeping rare varieties alive. While some tomatoes, like the Marglobe, are easy to come by, others, such as the J.T.D., are not.

Determinate tomato varieties, such as ‘Celebrity,’ ‘San Marzano Nano,’ ‘Amish Paste,’ and ‘Marglobe’ (among others), have a short harvest season with fruit ripening all at once.

Determinate tomato varieties, such as ‘Celebrity,’ ‘San Marzano Nano,’ ‘Amish Paste,’ and ‘Marglobe’ (among others), have a short harvest season with fruit ripening all at once.

Determination. Another way tomatoes are classified is by the way the plants grow and produce. Determinate varieties stop growing once they reach full size, which is usually 3 to 4 feet tall.

Chef Rick Bayless (foodies cheered when he won Bravo's Top Chef Masters this summer) tapped two Texas farms to provide tomatoes for Frontera Farmers' Market Heirloom Tomato Salsa, sold exclusively ...

Katono adds that even after knowing the right variety, one should go ahead and invest in genuine seeds to ensure that he or she gets good yields.

The tomato plants include the following varieties of heirloom tomatoes grown for ... Amana Orange, Amish Paste, Arkansas Traveler, Caspian Pink, Dejena Lee’s Golden Girl, Marglobe, Nearly ...

Tomato varieties There are five tomato varieties mostly grown by farmers ... which included: Commando, Eden F1, Ranger F1, Victoria, VFN Roma, MT 56, Marglobe, Vikima, Omega, Opello and ...

Just as the hot days of July yield to more hot days in August, local farmers — and farmers’ markets — are celebrating the ripening of a delicious fruit called the tomato. Ah, the tantalizing ...