Alexander W. Livingston (1821–1898) was an American horticulturist and seed company founder.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's 1937 yearbook declared that "half of the major varieties were a result of the abilities of the Livingstons to evaluate and perpetuate superior material in the tomato."
[4] Their house in Reynoldsburg was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
[1] He was interested in growing tomatoes that had a uniform roundness, size and better flavor.
He would select tomatoes with those characteristics and save the seeds and plant them the next year.