Tomato, Description, Cultivation, & History
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Tomato, flowering plant of the nightshade family, cultivated extensively for its edible fruits. The fruits are commonly eaten raw, served as a cooked vegetable, used as an ingredient of prepared dishes, pickled, or processed. Learn more about the plant, its cultivation, and its history of domestication.
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Ancient Tomatoes Are Shaking Up Everything We Knew About The Fruit
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Tomato - Wikipedia
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A Cultural History Of Tomatoes
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Tomato - Wikipedia
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Kumato® Tomatoes Information and Facts
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Tomato, Description, Cultivation, & History
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A Brief History of Tomatoes - Blue Moon Acres
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Tomato Seed Production Guide – Organic Seed Alliance
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Tomato culture; a practical treatise on the tomato, its history, characteristics, planting, fertilization, cultivation in field, garden, and green house, harvesting, packing, storing, marketing, insect enemies and diseases, with methods of control