11.   And do save these recipes for high summer, when vine-ripened tomatoes are abundant.

12.   And our tomatoes were too ripe to be cut in their machine.

13.   And though most consumers still want a tomato to be round and red, they are increasingly open to a new image of the perfect tomato.

14.   Another is that any tomato is good for cooking in terms of flavor or juiciness, whatever the shape of the fruit.

15.   Any way you slice it, the best-tasting tomatoes are home-grown.

16.   As a general rule, yellow or orange tomatoes are less acidic than red tomatoes of a similar variety.

17.   As long as the tomatoes are locally grown, that is.

18.   Bacon consumption tends to pick up in the summer months, when fresh tomatoes are abundant for bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches.

19.   Both yellow, rubbery, processed mozzarella wrapped in plastic and hothouse tomatoes are unacceptable.

20.   A fresh, ripe tomato is delicious plain or in a salad.