By Michelle Fabio

Being the avid tomato gardener you are, you probably know exactly which tomatoes will be sprouting up in your garden this year.

But in case you’re still undecided, Mother Earth News has compiled a list of “America’s Favorite Tomatoes” based on the opinions of Seed Savers Exchange members as well as other tomato experts around the country.

The results of the survey talk about the differences between hybrid and open-pollinated varieties and group favorite tomatoes into categories for early growth, tomatoes for making sauce and paste and sandwiches, and for varieties called “great green and zebras” and “oranges, strawberries, and lemons.”

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By Michelle Fabio

Who says that there are already enough tomato varieties to please everyone?

If you’re someone who loves a sweet, deep red tomato, researchers at the University of Florida had you in mind when they came up with the brand new Tasti-Lee.

The new tomato has high levels of sugar as well as red pigment, which the tomato breeders say means the Tasti-Lee provides more antioxidants than your average tomato. Red-colored lycopene is reportedly nature’s most powerful nutritional antioxidant, which means that it reduces the amount of damage done to body cells by oxygen—damage that can eventually lead to cancers, heart disease, and other illnesses.

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