The unexpected culprit is a gene mutation that occurred by chance and that was discovered by tomato breeders. It was deliberately bred into almost all tomatoes because it conferred an advantage: It made them a uniform luscious scarlet when ripe. (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/science/flavor-is-the-price-of-tomatoes-scarlet-hue-geneticists-say.html)
Что до формы, то единственный помидор, который покупаю последние 10 лет заслуженно называется Ugly Ripe. Это не совсем Heirloom, но обычно вполне съедобный помидор. Еще бывает Campari в Costco, но это не совсем помидор.
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Date: 2012-07-22 09:55 pm (UTC)KLEE: ...you know, companies are now starting to play upon that tomato that doesn't look perfectly round. Now, there's an expectation that it'll actually taste good.
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Date: 2012-07-22 10:47 pm (UTC)The unexpected culprit is a gene mutation that occurred by chance and that was discovered by tomato breeders. It was deliberately bred into almost all tomatoes because it conferred an advantage: It made them a uniform luscious scarlet when ripe. (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/science/flavor-is-the-price-of-tomatoes-scarlet-hue-geneticists-say.html)
Что до формы, то единственный помидор, который покупаю последние 10 лет заслуженно называется Ugly Ripe. Это не совсем Heirloom, но обычно вполне съедобный помидор. Еще бывает Campari в Costco, но это не совсем помидор.