Warminster-based Burpee Seeds, the company behind Big Boy tomatoes and Iceberg lettuce, which once teetered on the brink, is thriving.

Burpee has developed tomato and pepper cultivars whose seeds can be planted directly in the garden, instead of using transplants. Burpee's new tomato varieties can reportedly be seeded directly into ...

There’s little in the vegetable garden as emblematic of a fertile summer as the ripe red fruit of a tomato plant, and at this time of year, they are at their most delicious and fragrant. If you are ...