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Article: Fruits of the vine: cherry, pear, and grape tomatoes bring a rainbow to your table.(Kitchen Garden)
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- Country Living Gardener
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- June 22, 2004
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WHEN THE GARDENING season is in full swing, there is nothing we enjoy more than planting a new crop of cherry tomatoes. The easiest of all tomatoes to grow, they come in a rainbow of colors and a pleasing variety of shapes. In addition to the round red classics, such as 'Sweet 100' and 'Sweet Cluster Hybrid', there are bite-size pear and grape kinds, all available in yellow, green, pink, maroon, white, and bicolors.
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Growing Tips All tomatoes are heat-loving perennials usually grown as summer annuals. While large beefsteaks can be fussy about climate, the many cultivars of cherry tomatoes are far less so. Seedlings of cherry ...