heritage tomatoes
Old-variety garden fruit
Heritage tomatoes are older varieties grown from seeds passed down through generations, prized for diverse flavors, colors, and shapes that commercial breeding has sacrificed for durability and uniformity.
Also called heirloom tomatoes.
They bruise easily and don't ship well, which keeps them out of supermarkets but makes them farmers' market favorites: These heritage tomatoes taste like summer.
- indeterminateNot exactly known
- growing seasonTime crops can mature
- beefsteakThick slice of cattle
- varietiesDistinct forms within category
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
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