Show Tomato Blush Is I Redder If Sun Is Not To Too Hot The redde reddest t tomatoes are arc not the ones that thit grow row where the sun IS hottest On the contrary sCientists of the United States Department of Agriculture and several state experIment station who vho made a careful comparativo stud study v of to- to tomato tomato to tomato mato varieties in connection wIth the identification of the l commercial varieties found that the ideal red color of a variety does not always al s develop to the th same came extent tent in different re regions lOns tures Under abnormally high tures or when the fruits are c posed c I posed to the direct ra rays s of the sun without shade from leaves the char rich red may not develop Varieties th that are of a rich brit leant scarlet in the and northern regions of the country tend toward rd a line grena-line rena color un tin under tinder under der the higher temperatures of the South and Southwest I A generation ago ngo a scientist rat at Washington University St Loin Loui showed in laboratory studies that the red pl pigment ment develops in hat hal vested hai-vested vested ested ripening tomatoes very lit lit- little little lit little tle at 86 F or above These recent studies widely scattered over the United States show how show in n a striking w way an influence of temperature In the field that has lon long been en sus- sus suspected suspected sus suspected but not definitely demon demon- demonstrated demonstrated |