Source: John Hart, FARM PROGRESS, 9/1/22

Varietal development and disease pressures on tomatoes was the focus of the North Carolina Tomato Field Day that drew a crowd of 225 to the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and  Extension Center in Mills River Aug. 11. Attendees checked out new tomato lines designed for new production systems while getting an update on the station’s efforts to breed new large-fruited tomatoes, plum tomatoes and grape tomatoes. The main objective of the breeding program is to identify superior hybrids with respect to yield potential, fruit quality and disease resistance.

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