Despite being summer’s most misunderstood fruit, tomatoes are enjoying their time under the produce spotlight. The bulbous cultivars are a common sight at local farmer’s markets, outdoor vendors and ...

What: Tomato festival and contest Where: Blacksburg Farmers Market, Roanoke Street and Draper Road When: Tasting and judging, 8 to 11 a.m.; regular farmers market continues to 2 p.m. What else: Music ...

Question: My Cherokee Purple tomato variety is flowering but not setting fruit. Is fruiting time over due to the heat? Answer: Yes, heat has put a damper on the fruiting of most tomato varieties.

Even when you know a thing or two about tomatoes, the wide world of the much-loved fruit is enormous — there are at least 10,000 varieties out in the world. That might seem hard to believe when you ...

Whether you think of tomatoes as fruits or vegetables, the list of different varieties seems to be never-ending, and for good reason -- they're delicious! Plus, they are super versatile and seamlessly ...

Without question, Madeline — a graduate student at Portland State’s School of Architecture in her real life — is into tomatoes more than anyone I know. What began as a wise way to generate food during ...