With tomato season taking place from May to October, you may be wondering why there are so many options for the juicy fruit. Well, the answer is easy. It is because each type of tomato delivers a ...

Large beefsteak tomatoes in kitchen basket and on cutting board - Bhofack2/Getty Images If you've ever seen a beefsteak tomato, you can probably tell they're aptly named. In 1869, a seed catalog ...

Beefsteak tomatoes are an indeterminate tomato plant. What that means is that it's a vine that never stops growing. And so, in order to form all of those really big tomatoes, it needs lots of stems, ...

Though cherry and paste type tomatoes have their fans, most gardeners reserve the act of drooling for the colorful, meaty monsters of the season — often called the “beefsteak” varieties. The term ...

Although this was centuries before people knew anything about genes, mutation and heredity, farmers in Mesoamerica (where tomatoes likely were first cultivated) knew that planting seeds from this ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Small, green, future tomatoes may just be starting to peek through in your garden. But they're in top form at the grocery store. Today, our Fresh Grocer, Tony Tantillo shows you how to ...

Researchers studying the genetic basis of beefed-up fruits have identified a set of genes that control the production of stem cells. Mutations in these genes may explain the origin of beefsteak ...