Students at Rowan County schools used these varieties of tomatoes in their studies:

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Photo courtesy of rareseeds.com.

Cherokee Purple (2013-14 only): This popular, dark reddish-purple heirloom is indeterminate, which means it grows and produces fruit throughout the season until frost. It grows to be about 6 feet tall and benefits from staking or caging.

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North Carolina Field & Family Spring 2026
Flip through the pages of the Spring 2026 edition of North Carolina Field and Family magazine. In this issue, impress your guests with creative yet easy spring holiday recipes, learn how farmers face challenges planning the future of their farmland, meet some North Carolina beef producers raising the steaks, start your engines with eight reasons to visit Richmond County, get crabby with Sheri Castle’s Deviled Crab recipe and much more.

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