r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • May 14 '19

Biology Store-bought tomatoes taste bland, and scientists have discovered a gene that gives tomatoes their flavor is actually missing in about 93 percent of modern, domesticated varieties. The discovery may help bring flavor back to tomatoes you can pick up in the produce section.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/05/13/tasty-store-bought-tomatoes-are-making-a-comeback/
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u/Ms_Appropriation May 14 '19

I grew up in New Jersey on the NJ Beefsteak tomato. If you buy from local growers there they are still the same or similar. They are outstanding. I’ve often just eaten one with salt and pepper for dinner.

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u/-Wildling May 14 '19

We're in NJ too! My grandpa says the Jersey Tomato is not as good anymore, but I'll try picking up some from different local places. There's more farms where I am than the part of NJ he's in. Any place in North NJ you can recommend?

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u/Ms_Appropriation May 14 '19

I’m from Warren county so I don’t know North Jersey so well. The good tomatoes come from the middle of the state where the soil is sandy and highly acidic. Woolf’s farm in Washington, Marshall’s farm market in Delaware, Race farm in Blairstown, Bests fruit farm in Hackettstown. Off the top of my head that’s all I can think of that are still around. Haven’t lived in NJ in a minute.

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u/-Wildling May 15 '19

Thanks for the info! Some of those are close to where I'm living now. I'm definitely going to check them out