Tomaccio (tomato)
Encyclopedia
The Tomaccio is a cherry tomato
hybrid developed in Israel
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Cherry tomato
A cherry tomato is a small variety of tomato that has been cultivated since at least the early 1800s and thought to have originated in Peru and Northern Chile. 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...
hybrid developed in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
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History
The Tomaccio resulted from a 12 year breeding program carried out using wild Peruvian tomatoes..See also
- List of tomato cultivars
- Cherry TomatoCherry tomatoA cherry tomato is a small variety of tomato that has been cultivated since at least the early 1800s and thought to have originated in Peru and Northern Chile. 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...