Q: We were given 'Yellow Pear' tomato seeds from tasty, low-acid fruit. When and how do I plant them? — M.T., Houston A: Seed from hybrid tomatoes do not come true, but heirloom tomatoes such as ...

Is your tomato plant turning yellow? There are a couple of things that could be wrong. Here's how to save your plant and bring back its leafy green color.

The yellow pear tomato is an heirloom tomato, a bite size, old-time favorite.This historic mini-tomato can trace its lineage back to the 1700s in Europe. During the 1800s, this sweet, small, pear-s… ...

Take his yellow pear tomato plants, three of which are now over 12 feet high and counting. “To grow this tall — my gosh, they’re like trees," Kaufman said.

Tomatoes may crack if they receive a lot of water after a prolonged dry spell. Plant these split-resistant varieties to keep your delicious harvest intact.

The foliage at the ends of the branches on my Yellow Pear tomato plant was being eaten, and not far below the missing leaves were the droppings (caterpillar poo).

There is no feeling quite like eating a ripe tomato, fresh off the vine. Growing tomatoes isn't hard, but there are definitely some tricks to the trade. Successful tomato growers tend to prune and ...

For first-time gardeners, experts suggest trying brightly colored flowers or vegetables in unusual colors such as purple potatoes or yellow pear tomatoes.

In the current paper, Hind used Yellow Pear tomatoes together with a wild relative of tomato called Solanum pimpinellifolium to identify the FLS3 gene and show how it functions to reduce bacterial ...

The tomato vines — seven-footers that suckled round Italian Romas and thick clusters of yellow and red pear tomatoes — are a twisted black heap at the back of our field. The season's last ...

The free tomato plants, grown by OSV horticulturists, include popular varieties from the 1830s: Brandywine, Yellow Pear, and Large Red. (The tomato plants are free with museum admission, while ...