Everything about Cherry Tomato totally explained
A
cherry tomato is a smaller garden variety of
tomato. It is marketed at a premium to ordinary tomatoes, and is popular as a snack and in
salads. Cherry tomatoes are generally considered to be similar but not identical to the wild precursor of the domestic tomato. They are often sweeter than standard tomatoes.
Cherry tomatoes range in size from a thumbtip up to the size of a golf ball, and can range from being
spherical to slightly oblong in shape. The more oblong ones often share characteristics with
plum tomatoes, and are known as
grape tomatoes.
Biology
The cherry tomato is regarded as a botanical variety of the cultivated tomato,
Solanum lycopersicum var.
cerasiforme. It was widely cultivated in Central America when the
Conquistadores arrived and is thought to be the ancestor of all cultivated tomatoes.
The cherry tomato has 24
chromosomes, and a short style.
Cultivars
There are a number of cherry tomato varieties. Perhaps the most popular in US and British gardens are "Sweet 100" and "Gardener's Delight" respectively.
The
Santorini cherry tomato originated in
Santorini (
Greece), and is known for its flavour and body. International conferences dedicated to the cultivation, horticulture and agriculture of the cherry tomato are also held at Santorini.
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