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thestar.com | 2 days ago

Florida's pain is now Ontario's gain

Provincial growers boast bountiful tomato supply, after winter deep-freeze decimates Florida harvest Ontario consumers won't have to chop tomatoes from their burgers or BLTs, despite a...

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The StarPhoenix | 2 days ago

Tomato varieties exceed 'ordinary'

...Israeli company capitalized on traits found in wild Peruvian tomato species and the result -- 12 years later -- is a tomato bred to dry naturally on the vine. Just cut off the clusters,...

Charlotte Observer | 2 days ago

Virus wipes out tomato crop

...right on coming - big ones, too!" The Internet showcased more tomato diseases than, well, more than all of the tomatoes I harvested times a hundred. The most likely culprit seemed to...

San Diego Union-Tribune | 3 days ago

Big business redesigns the tomato in 'Ripe'

...bland fruit. As labor problems and costs grew in California's tomato industry, farmers growing tomatoes for ketchup, sauce and other products turned to mechanical harvesting.

thestar.com | 4 days ago

Local greenhouse tomatoes make up for frozen Florida crops

" Some fast food chains in the U.S. have been forced to ration tomatoes, dishing them out only if customers ask for them or eliminating them from menus. But frost isn't the...

"We have a very strong supply of tomatoes coming up," Gilvesy said, adding weeks of sunshine have been an added bonus for growers.

Florida's pain is now Ontario's gain thestar.com | 2 days ago

Telegraph.co.uk - Gardening | 1 week ago

How to grow tomatoes outdoors

The Royal Horticultural Society's advice on growing tomatoes outdoors. Published: 11:24AM GMT 15 Mar 2010 Wait until mid-March to sow tomato seeds indoors. If sown too early, plants...

Knoxville News-Sentinel | 1 week ago

Hold the tomato: Cold spell leaves fast-food chains, stores without familiar garnish for salads, sandwiches

...he said. And if you ask for a tomato, you won't be charged more to get "a bad tomato," Lynch said. Tomato shipments from Florida were down 80 percent during the last week of January...

Seattle Times | 1 week ago

Florida freeze makes tomatoes scarce and costly

...one, began warning customers a week ago that if they didn't request a tomato slice, they wouldn't get one. The cost of tomatoes has been "substantial,"said Denny Lynch, Wendy's...

Asbury Park Press | 1 week ago

Fla. winter bad news for tomato lovers

...shipping less than a quarter of that, according to Reggie Brown of the Florida Tomato Grower's Exchange, a tomato farmer cooperative in Maitland. Some parts of Florida saw average...

Christian Science Monitor | 2 weeks ago

Everything you need to know to grow tasty tomatoes

...you need to know: trends, tips for easy growing, and recommendations of tasty favorites. Any homegrown tomato tastes wonderful. There are so many colors, forms, and sizes in the tomato...

Omaha World-Herald | 2 weeks ago

Frigid Florida winter tough on tomatoes

...shipping less than a quarter of that, according to Reggie Brown of the Florida Tomato Grower's Exchange, a tomato farmer cooperative in Maitland. Some parts of Florida saw average...

Wilmington News Journal | 2 weeks ago

Bad winter squashes tomato crop

...shipping less than a quarter of that, according to Reggie Brown of the Florida Tomato Grower's Exchange, a tomato farmer cooperative in Maitland. Some parts of Florida saw average...