NEW BRUNSWICK - After nearly a decade of painstaking research, a new tomato variety is ready for its moment in the sun.

Scarlet Sunrise, a bicolor grape tomato developed through a long collaboration between Rutgers researchers Peter Nitzsche and Tom Orton, is a sweet, crack-resistant tomato with a golden hue and a reddish blush.

Its name is meant to be evocative of the New Jersey skies that inspired it.

The new tomato variety, developed through traditional breeding methods at Rutgers, will be featured at the Open House and Tomato Tasting event Aug. 27 at the university’s Clifford E. and Melda C. Snyder Research and Extension Farm in Pittstown.

“This is a great example of how our innovative Rutgers scientists collaborate with New Jersey industries to conduct research that serves commun

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