We heard through the tomato vine that ‘Indigo Rose’ tomato flavor was lacking. This newly developed variety is known for its dramatic purple hue and its antioxidant content, especially anthocyanins.

Heirloom tomatoes often steal the show in summer gardens, but every now and then a newer variety comes out that we just have to try, like the Indigo Rose. These tomatoes are not considered heirloom, ...

In the early heirloom discovery days of farmers market tomatoes, growers often kept different varieties in separate piles and sold them for different prices (actually some still do). They were banking ...

Of the dozen tomato varieties displayed at Vang Thao’s stand last Saturday, one, with purplish black skin over a flaming orange ground color, stood out spectacularly. It’s a new variety, Indigo Rose, ...

Researchers have announced the debut of a purple “super tomato,” dubbed Indigo Rose, bred to contain higher than normal levels of antioxidants. Following on the veggie trail of the cancer-fighting ...

The unique purple coloring of the Indigo Rose tomato (Solanum lycopersicum ‘Indigo Rose’) sets it apart from other tomato varieties. The top of even the smallest fruit turns a gorgeous bluish-purple ...

In 2011 Jim Myers did something no one had done before. The Oregon State University vegetable breeder released the first purple tomato containing the same healthy compound found in blueberries. The ...

Indigo Rose tomatoes grow in a garden in Corvallis. Jim Myers, a vegetable breeder at Oregon State University, developed the purple tomato.jpg Indigo Rose tomatoes grow in a garden in Corvallis. Jim ...

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