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A: 'Indigo Rose' was released in 2012 as the first truly purple tomato, one with skin as dark as an eggplant. Picking this new tomato variety certainly does require a shift in perception. This is ...
The new purple-skinned YOOM™ cocktail tomato was developed through a natural selection breeding program by Syngenta Vegetable Seeds’ tomato specialists. (Photo: Syngenta) August 13, 2019 01:00 ...
Purple-skinned tomatoes already exist, but this new breed is purple all the way through.
Traditional breeders have grown tomatoes with purple skin before but not with this tone in the flesh. Sasa Woodruff/Boise State Public Radio. A new wave in GMO foods.
More Local to Love - 50% Off Unlimited Digital Access - Sale Ends 9/30/24. Homes & Gardens; The color purple -- in a tomato that thinks it's an eggplant ...
The new Oregon State University-developed tomato Midnight Roma follows in the steps of 10-year-old Indigo Rose, the first antioxidant-rich purple tomato available on the market.
Tomatoes are one of the most popular food plants in the world, and as such, ... Norfolk Healthy Produce, produced the first tomato with completely purple skin and flesh.
A tomato is more than it seems; it represents taste, access and even identity. Rare heirlooms like Cherokee Purple and Green ...
An organic seed company was distressed to learn it had marketed a GMO purple tomato by mistake. The incident raised alarm about the impact of new GMO plants.
Genetically modified seeds for purple tomatoes hit the market for home gardeners recently. But how did a purple tomato get splashed across the cover of a seed catalog specializing in non-GMO plants?