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**Tom Wagner** · January 30, 2010

Getting larger blue/black fruit won't increase your intake of the anthocyanin, but a tiny blue/black fruit will. Since the blue is sunlight mediated, a tiny cherry tomato hanging down with near full exposure is the ticket. The maximum surface area to volume of fruit is the math required. I am trying to put all the formulas together.......anthocyanin content per ounce at a heightened level is the important thing for health benefits, not just beauty or size. To calculate the surface area of a sphere use the formula -

4pr2

r being the radius of the sphere.
and 'p' being pi 3.14
I need to measure the blue exactly in the skin/pericarp and compile some % of the flesh that is blue to the % not blue. Any math genius types out there?

Besides the blue/black skin appearing appealing on a red fleshed tomato, my breeding with P-20 with segregations this year to get blue/black on gold, yellow, brown, pink, green, bicolor, stripes, odd shapes is where lots of potential will mushroom.

Is there any communication with Jim Myers on his name for the release?

Tom Wagner...black and blue results this year will be due...

January 30, 2010	#60
Tom Wagner Crosstalk™ Forum Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 8407 18th Ave West 7-203 Everett, Washington 98204 Posts: 1,157	Getting larger blue/black fruit won't increase your intake of the anthocyanin, but a tiny blue/black fruit will. Since the blue is sunlight mediated, a tiny cherry tomato hanging down with near full exposure is the ticket. The maximum surface area to volume of fruit is the math required. I am trying to put all the formulas together.......anthocyanin content per ounce at a heightened level is the important thing for health benefits, not just beauty or size. To calculate the surface area of a sphere use the formula - 4pr2 r being the radius of the sphere. and 'p' being pi 3.14 I need to measure the blue exactly in the skin/pericarp and compile some % of the flesh that is blue to the % not blue. Any math genius types out there? Besides the blue/black skin appearing appealing on a red fleshed tomato, my breeding with P-20 with segregations this year to get blue/black on gold, yellow, brown, pink, green, bicolor, stripes, odd shapes is where lots of potential will mushroom. Is there any communication with Jim Myers on his name for the release? Tom Wagner...black and blue results this year will be due...