The experts at Rutgers’ Snyder Research and Extension Farm in Pittstown will showcase their research into New Jersey’s most famous crop at the annual Great Tomato Tasting on Aug. 30. Roughly 50 ...

Vegetable plants can be either heirloom or hybrid. During the gardening season, we often hear about heirloom vegetables, and many of the tomatoes and peppers we personally buy are heirloom varieties.

One key step in Rutgers’ research has involved blind taste tests for everyday consumers. The Margate Community Farmers Market held one last week. Those free tomato tastes attracted a line of curious ...

You’ve probably seen gnarled, colorful tomatoes in the supermarket produce section, perhaps off-season, labeled “heirloom.” They may look enough like the real thing, but you won’t get the full story ...