Pumpkin tomato

Pumpkin tomatoes

A Pumpkin tomato is a large variety of tomato that has been cultivated since at least the early 1800s and thought to have originated in Peru and Northern Chile.[1]

Pumpkin tomatoes range in size from an apple up to the size of a pumpkin (hence the name), and can range from being spherical to slightly oblong in shape. The more oblong ones often share characteristics with Marmande tomatoes.[2] They are occasionally mixed up with peppers due to their size and the characteristic nitrogen stripes which cause the characteristic "pumpkin" ribs.

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References

  1. ↑ F. Smith, Andrew (1994). The tomato in America: early history, culture, and cookery. ISBN 978-1570030000
  2. ↑ "BBC - Gardening: Plant Finder - Tomato".
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