Does anyone know which farmer's market has heirloom tomatoes? I had noted some at the beginning of the season but lost the information. We haven’t had any luck finding any yet! Thanks!!! Jackie (11 replies, last updated by scott July 28, 2003)

Great, I am making gazpacho tomorrow! And I was able to purchase heirloom tomato plants last Friday from the farmers market near Copley, several different varieties. (1 reply, last updated by jules127 July 2, 2007)

Last weekend I was up in baltimore visiting the 'rents, and we went to the farmers market downtown under the JFX on Sunday. Let’s just say, if you like heirloom tomatos, I believe i have found our Nirvana. One of the booths... (14 replies, last updated by Steve September 15, 2003)

This morning’s Tribune notes an heirloom tomato tasting in Berkeley on Saturday, August 10. Concurrent with the regular farmers' market, the event will run from 10 AM to 3 PM, and will feature samples of many heirloom... (0 replies, last updated by Shepherd B. Goode July 31, 2002)

Suggestion: Call up Celestino Ristorante in Pasadena (141 S Lake Ave. 626 795 4006) and see if they would do this as a starter for you. If necessary you could offer to bring the heirloom tomatoes from the Pasadena Farmers Market... (11 replies, last updated by Jack Flash July 18, 2007)

Try a brandywine tomato from the farmer's market. The taste is amazing. They’re what launched the interest/popularity in heirlooms. Couldn’t ask for a better BLT. Or simply sliced on a plate w/ basil, olive oil, and a... (18 replies, last updated by deadre August 23, 2009)

Livengood’s and at least two other vendors featuring heirloom tomatoes sell at the South & Passyunk market on Tuesday’s from 2 to 7 p.m. At the Reading Terminal Market, some of the other direct farmer vendors offer... (7 replies, last updated by Bob Libkind August 29, 2003)

Hello Chow Hounds. Does anyone know where I can buy either heirloom tomato plants or get the seeds? Thank you in advance! (7 replies, last updated by Dundrumgal June 15, 2005)

Anyone know where Heirloom tomatoes are sold in Broward/Dade county? (3 replies, last updated by Shirley U. Jest August 18, 2006)

-market producers. Probably our best bet is to buy them at farmer's markets, where we can question their origins. At the prices charged here in Toronto for heirloom tomatoes, it’s quite irritating to bite into a mealy,... (30 replies, last updated by robertpasadena February 9, 2007)

to be. Whatever’s the case, we have one right here, growing 75 varieties of heirloom tomatoes in a postage stamp-sized back yard in Oak Lawn. Part of Aggie Nehmzow’s self-assigned mission as the “Tomato Lady”... (0 replies, last updated by Cathy2 October 10, 2003)

Okay, forgive my ignorance, but how do I pick an heirloom tomato at the market? Whole Foods carries a small selection of them, and I suspect I may find them at our local farmers market (which I’ve yet to visit, shame on... (12 replies, last updated by mmm something August 28, 2003)

Has anyone seen any unique varieties around at local Phila markets? We had friends in from San Francisco this week making us very jealous describing their many recent heirloom concotions. (6 replies, last updated by elz August 11, 2003)

Don’t draw strong conclusions from any tomatoes you grew this year (at least not in the northeast). The weather has been terrible for tomatoes. Even the best sources are producing pretty mediocre results. There just... (8 replies, last updated by Liza September 7, 2000)

-season tomatoes might not be that good. And that normally, off season, I buy the plum tomatoes imported from “Elsewhere.” Yet, last night, I was tempted by the heirloom tomato display at the Gelson’s Market in my... (31 replies, last updated by DanaB November 17, 2006)