Once you entered the greenhouse compound at Oregon State University they werenât hard to spot. Amid the broccoli and beans, purple tomatoes stand out.
There were only a few plants left from this yearâs tomato crop, a couple of Indigo Rose and a couple of the new Midnight Roma varietal. Indigo Rose came out in 2011, with the just-released Midnight Roma the latest concoction in the vegetable breeding and genetics career of OSU Professor Jim Myers.
U.S. stocks dipped on Monday as investors take a cautious stance ahead of the start of first-quarter earnings season. Conway G. Gittens reports.