Associated Press

Associated Press
IN WITH THE OLD: Cynthia Jeffries and her daughter Madeleine pick some of the last tomatoes on Tanager's Song Farm in Georgia. The Jeffries family grows heirloom fruit and vegetables from seed, with some varieties dating back 100 years. Above right, an heirloom yellow pear tomato is just one of more than 4,000 possible varieties grown in the United States.