Cherry tomato

The cherry tomato is a type of small round tomato believed to be an intermediate genetic admixture between wild currant-type tomatoes and domesticated garden tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes range in size from a thumbtip up to the size of a golf ball, and can range from spherical to slightly oblong in shape. Although usually red, other varieties such as yellow, green, and black also exist. Those shaped like an oblong share characteristics with plum tomatoes and are known as grape tomatoes. The berry tomato is regarded as a botanical variety of the cultivated berry, Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme. Cherry tomatoes are believed to have been cultivated by the Aztecs in Mexico in the 15th century. The first tomatoes grown in Europe were yellow cherry tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes have been popular in the United States since at least 1919. Recipes using cherry tomatoes can be found in articles dating back to 1967. The Tomaccio tomato was developed by Nahum Kedar and Chaim Rabinovitch of the Agriculture Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on its Rehovot Campus. It is the result of a 12-year breeding program using wild Peruvian tomato species to create a sweet snack tomato with improved ripening time and shelf life. The Super Sweet 100 is a hybrid cultivar popular in the United States resistant to both Fusarium and Verticillium wilt. The Selke Biodynamic cherry tomato is named after Margrit Selke. The indeterminate hybrid sungold cherry tomato is known for its vigorous early-yielding plants and colorful orange fruits. Media related to Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme at Wikimedia Commons