Sunshine tomatoes
The scientists at the Nicherei and Tokita Shubyo corporations, Japan, have crossed tomatoes of two colours and have jointly developed a mini-tomato variety of yellow colour (Vatis update, Food processing, Vo13,No 13).
The product, called "Cherry Gold", has a higher sugar content. Estimated to be around 8.5 to 9 per cent, the sugar content is 10 per cent higher than that of the red variety. Besides, the tomato gives a yield that is double its conventional variety.