When ripened, the fruits of OSU Blue range from purple, blue to a dark, almost black color. Probably the closest to black and purple you’ll ever see in a tomato. ‘Black Prince‘ and ‘Purple Cherokee’ tomatoes have got nothing on OSU Blue tomatoes in terms of color. Professor Myers and his students crossed a domestic tomato plant with the genetic stock of a tomato that included a gene incorporated from a wild relative with anthocyanin-containing fruit to produce a healthier tomato. Anthocyanins are the same class of compounds that produce the healthy pigments in red wine that work as antioxidants. According to Myers, domestic tomato varieties grown and consumed in the United States do not normally produce fruit containing any anthocyanin. Anthocyanins are the same class of compounds that produce the healthy pigments in red wine that work as antioxidants. While other fruits have higher concentrations of anthocyanin (think blue berries); the thinking behind adding them to tomatoes is that more people will be exposed to them. Tomatoes are second only to potatoes in consumption of fruits and vegetables. Americans eat about 90 pounds per person per year of fresh and processed tomatoes according to Peter Boches and Jim Myers, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University. We have 3 ways you can get the O.S.U. Blues from us, First, in packs of 20 seeds here: madriverseeds.ecrater/p/19579051/osu-blue-tomato We also have the Patriotic Packs, which have 6 varieties in them for 9.99 includes red, white, and blue tomatoes: madriverseeds.ecrater/p/18788442/2014-patriotic-tomato-pack-6-varieties-red and our traditional heirloom variety packs, which have 12 varieties of heirloom tomato for 9.99 Shipping on domestic orders is always FREE! madriverseeds.ecrater/p/16687035/heirloom-tomato-variety-pack-1
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 03:00:29 +0000
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