Wilco Extension Office: Purple tomatoes from snapdragon plants

  • A large, purple cherry type Althea tomato. Photo courtesy Norfolk Healthy Produce
    A large, purple cherry type Althea tomato. Photo courtesy Norfolk Healthy Produce
    Tomatoes are by far the most popular garden fruit/vegetable in the USA. The characteristics of tomato plants have completely changed over the years. Original native tomato plants from South America have tiny, unpalatable and sometimes toxic fruits. Many years of cross breeding have developed tomato plant types to meet the market needs of fruit size, color, sweetness, acidity, vine length ...

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