TYPES OF TOMATO (PART 2)

TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum) the tomato is the red berry type fruit which belongs to the nightshade family Solanaceae which also includes chili peppers, potato, eggplant, etc. and is native to South America. There are 2,161 hectare of tomato commercially grown in Malaysia in 2018 producing  176,600 metric tons for domestic and export market. Two main export destination are Singapore and Brunei DS. Despite technically being a fruit, the tomato is generally categorized as a vegetable. Garden Tomato, Tomato is few of the common names of the plant. Tomatoes are available in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and colors, while red tomatoes are the most common one. Tomatoes are once considered poisonous and were grown only for ornamental purposes under the names “tomatl,” “love apple” or “pomme d’amour.” Pear Tomato, Branch Tomato, Raf Tomato, Cherry Tomato, Globe Tomato, Roma Tomato, Sun Gold Tomato, Big Beef Tomato, Juliet Tomato, Beefsteak Tomato, Eva Purple Ball Tomato, Cherokee Purple Tomato and Green Zebra Tomato are some of the popular varieties of tomatoes that are grown around the world due to its higher nutritional value and delightful taste. Nowadays tomatoes are found being used in countless different food items like pastas, pizzas, ketchup, various beverages, and as an included flavor element in dishes from breakfast to dinner. Blog "Anim Agriculture Technology" write about types of tomato.

Types of tomato grown in many country are:

11. Eva Purple Ball Tomato

A heirloom variety through the Black Forest Region of Germany. Outstanding mid-sized tomato along with slim skin as well as purple tinge. Spot free along with excellent taste.

12. Cherokee Purple Tomato

Purple Cherokee tomatoes are beefsteak in style, along with green “shoulders” throughout the top. It absolutely was one of the primaries of the “black” color group of tomatoes. This particular variety is now over A hundred years old and was initially developed by the Cherokee Indians The tomato comes with an outstanding wealthy taste and is also undoubtedly one of the very best heirlooms. One of the very first recognized “black”, or deep dusky rose colored cultivars which are getting quite popular. Titled in 1990 by Craig LeHoullier, who obtained seeds of the unnamed cultivar within the mail from J. D. Green of Tennessee. Mr. Green revealed that the “purple” tomato cultivar was handed by the Cherokee Indians to his neighbor “100 years ago”. Note: an excellent for roasting.

13. Green Zebra Tomato

Green Zebra is really a tomato cultivar along with feature green as well as yellow stripes. It really is a little sourer as compared to frequent tomatoes, and it has dark green flesh whenever ripe.

14. Black Krim Tomato

A dark red to brown cultivar frequently cited online as being from the “island of Krim” within the Black Sea, also known as the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine (Crimea is famous in Ukrainian as Krim).

15. Japanese Tomato

Heart shaped tomato along with bright red internal.

16. Oxacan Jewel Tomato

A bicolor tomato which ripens to the golden yellow, along with streaks of red and orange. Fruits are adjustable in size, which range from 8 oz and up. Taste is abundant, fruity, along with tones of melon plus some acid.

17. Black Pear Tomato

‘Black Pear’ is really a Tomato variety within the Solanum genus having a medical title of Solanum lycopersicum. ‘Black Pear’ is recognized as a OP (open polliated) cultivar.  Black pear-shaped fruit, achieving 6-8 oz of Russian origin (similar, yet dissimilar to Japanese Black Trifele). Taste is referred to as “rich, complex, and sweet”. Dark brown/black fruit along with dark green shoulders, succulent, apparently great for cooler environments.

18. Mexican (Red Calabash) Tomato

Beefsteak type tomato from Mexico. This can be a scrumptious, thin-skinned heirloom through the state of Chiapas in Mexico.

19. Yellow Valencia Tomato

These types of tomatoes usually are smooth as well as firm and meaty with higher tomato taste. They actually do well growing in cool environments.

20. Black Russian Tomato

These types of black tomatoes have got a rich tomato taste and switch to dark reddish black (black tomato) whenever fully developed. The black Russian is probably the best of the black types available on the market. 

This article divided in thirteen (13) segment namely Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12 and Part 13 respectively. Thanks...

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(July 2020).