Purple Tomato Releases Expected Soon

摘要

Purple tomatoes, rich with health-promoting compounds, may soon be available to commercial and home gardeners. Oregon State University plant breeders hope to release the first in a series of purple-skinned varieties in approximately two years, according to Dr. Jim Myers, a professor of vegetable breeding and genetics at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore. First on the market will be saladette or smaller sized sheer tomatoes, the researcher says. Crosses also are underway to come up with purple-colored cherry and larger sheer and processing-types.