Summer garden tomato science

  • Ellen Peffley Harp, a retired professor of horticulture at Texas Tech University, writes about gardening for several Texas newspapers.
    Ellen Peffley Harp, a retired professor of horticulture at Texas Tech University, writes about gardening for several Texas newspapers.
    Mmmm, good. Store-bought tomatoes just never taste as good as summer tomatoes from the garden. Store-bought tomatoes cannot compare to the color, the aroma, the texture, or the flavor of a vine ripened tomato.Why the difference? Its chemistry. Specifically, ethylene (E-thih-lene), a gaseous hormone involved in biochemical pathways of many developmental processes of a pla...

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