Show Seedless Tomatoes Grown by hy the Use of Chemicals Columbia Mo Tomatoes Tomatoes without seeds are being grown in the department department department de de- de- de of horticulture at the University University University Uni Uni- of Missouri here by use of chemicals Normally tomatoes require poll poll- and fertilization to set fruit but that also means that seeds will willbe willbe willbe be formed So the Missouri workers workers workers work work- ers pinch out the parts of the flower that produce the pollen thus stopping stopping stopping stop ping fertilization and then seek another anther another an an- other ther stimulus in the form of a promoting growth substance or hormone hormone hormone hor hor- mone to cause the fruit to set The result is that tomatoes develop devel devel- op normally but instead of containing containing containing contain contain- ing seeds and pulp the tomatoes are solid meat The fruit Is of normal size but w weighs more because because because be be- cause it is solid The hormone used is acid dissolved in lanum paste paste paste- at atthe atthe atthe the rate of one part acid to parts paste About three applications applications applications put on a week or ten days apart are arc required |