Abstract
A sensory test was conducted to compare the taste of tomato fruits (type: Saturn) cultured with organic fertilizers or inorganic fertilizers.
Ten women judged the taste of the tomato fruits using a scoring method. Analysis of variance was then conducted by the two way classification.
1) In 1980, both No. 3 cluster and 5 cluster of organic fertilized tomato fruits (OF) were judged to have much better taste than those of inorganic fertilized tomato fruits (IF).
2) In 1981, No. 3 cluster of OF was judged to have better taste. But as for No. 1 cluster and 6 cluster, there was little difference.
3) In 1982, No. 3 cluster of OF tasted better by far but no difference was found with No. 1, 2, 4-7 and 8 cluster.
4) As for color, the samples that had a high score in sensory test did not always show a high score in color test.
