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The tamarillo (Solanum betaceum) is a tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Solanaceae (the nightshade family). It bears the tamarillo, an egg-shaped edible fruit. [2] It is also known as the tree tomato, [3] tomate de árbol, tomate andino, tomate serrano, blood fruit, poor man's tomato, tomate de yuca, tomate de españa, sachatomate, berenjena, chilto and tamamoro in South America ...
He recalled in his youth tomatoes were dubbed "love-apples or wolf-apples" and shunned as "globes of the devil". [33] When Alexander W. Livingston (1821–1898) began developing the tomato as a commercial crop, his aim had been to grow tomatoes smooth in contour, uniform in size, and sweet in flavor. He eventually developed over seventeen ...
Popular with grow-your-owners as seed is inexpensive compared to modern, often better, F1s. Blight prone. [92] Monterosa: Pink A hybrid of two tomatoes from the Mediterranean: the pear of Girona and the Costoluto genoveso, a typical Italian variety. [93] Montserrat: Red Mortgage Lifter: Pink 70–85 Heirloom 16–32+ oz Beefsteak Indeterminate ...
Pear Tree. Zones 3 to 9. Requires more than one tree for pollination. Pear varieties run the gamut in sizes and sweetness levels. ‘Bosc’ pear trees provide a late season harvest, while ...
Primary work is focused on developing tomatoes with new traits, such as increased resistance to pests or environmental stresses. [3] Other projects aim to enrich tomatoes with substances that may offer health benefits or be more nutritious. As well as aiming to produce novel crops, scientists produce genetically modified tomatoes to understand ...
Celebrity tomatoes are highly adaptive to harsh environments and can grow in a wide range of places including dry, humid and wet regions. [2] They are resistant to cracking and splitting which usually occurs when there is an excess of water and sugar movement in the fruits. [ 3 ]
Tomatoes are an excellent source of vitamin C, a nutrient that is known for its role in immune health. Vitamin C contributes to many other bodily processes, such as wound healing, collagen ...
The Brandywine tomato plant has unusual potato leaf-shaped foliage, with smooth, oval, pointy tipped leaves.Its sandwich-sized fruit can grow up to 1.5 lbs (0.7 kg) and has been described as having a "great tomatoey flavor", [1] offset by an appealing acidity.