ARE YOU TIRED OF THE SAME OLD RED TOMATO?

Are you willing to experiement and try new colors?  They won't be THE perfect, round, no blemishes tomato you are used to seeing in your favorite grocery store.  PLUS they won't taste like cardboard either.  FINALLY, you will have to pay a bit more because they are grown naturally and local.  YOU will experience a juicy, sweet, oh my goodness taste that leaves you craving for more.

DEFINITION - HEIRLOOM TOMATO (adapted from the Gary Ibsen's Tomatofest website - http://www.tomatofest.com/)
An heirloom is generally considered to be a variety that has been passed down, through several generations of a family because of it's valued characteristics. Since 'heirloom' varieties have become popular in the past few years there have been liberties taken with the use of this term for commercial purposes.
Commercial Heirlooms: Open-pollinated varieties introduced before 1940, or tomato varieties more than 50 years in circulation.
Family Heirlooms: Seeds that have been passed down for several generations through a family.
Created Heirlooms: Crossing two known parents (either two heirlooms or an heirloom and a hybrid) and dehybridizing the resulting seeds for how ever many years/generations it takes to eliminate the undesirable characteristics and stabilize the desired characteristics, perhaps as many as 8 years or more.
Mystery Heirlooms: Varieties that are a product of natural cross-pollination of other heirloom varieties.

(Note: All heirloom varieties are open-pollinated but not all open-pollinated varieties are heirloom varieties.)