Cultivar Selection

Lebanese cucumbers are mild, thin-skinned hybrids that crop heavily; heirlooms bring variety and seed-saving. Here is how to choose for your climate.

Older open-pollinated vegetables that fell out of the shops, not the garden. Why heritage varieties are worth growing from seed, and how they come true year after year.

Paste, beefsteak or heirloom? The right tomato depends on the meal you are dreaming of. Here is how to choose, and why most gardens want a little of each.

Determinate or indeterminate? One gives a burst for the sauce pot, the other a long season of fresh tomatoes. Here is how to choose, and why most gardens want both.