I thought heirloom tomatoes were a big hype, give me Beefsteaks, or nothing, lol! One of our daughter-in-laws works in Clemson U's ag program, and gave us a bunch of ht's last year. It turned me around!
They're like landraces, so I figure it's not really like a hijack, B's into that! But I'm asking how many varieties and how many plants you have to cost more than a pack B's beans, lol!
We're in the hot, humid South East, which is challenging to a mater. Everything but Cherokee Purple crapped out early, and it gave us salads until November! We saved some of those seeds, it's way easier than making pot seeds, lol! And, we're seeing green maters from them right now!