What’s the Difference Between Heirloom, Beefsteak, Plum, Cherry, and Grape Tomatoes?

And one more question: Why are grocery store tomatoes so bad?

We’re in the season of Peak Tomato, and the tomato sandwiches and caprese salads and just-barely-cooked sauces await. But let’s first take a slight detour from our guiding question to ask another one:There are two major categories of tomatoes: heirlooms, which we’ll cover below, and hybrids. The tomatoes you’ll find year-round in the grocery store are hybrids, which means that humans have cultivated and bred them for specific characteristics.

live on the other side of the spectrum: they’re “open-pollinated,” which means their varietal came about through natural pollination . These types of tomatoes “breed true,” which means that if you plant an heirloom tomato seed, it will grow into a plant that bears tomatoes that look just like the parent. Heirlooms have been grown without cross-breeding for at least 50 or so years.

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