Cultivars
See: List of Tomato Cultivars
The Santorini cherry tomato developed from seeds brought to Santorini (Greece) in 1818. It is known for its flavour and body. International conferences dedicated to the cultivation, horticulture and agriculture of the cherry tomato are also held at Santorini.
The Tomaccio tomato was developed by several labs in Israel, the dominant ones being the lab head by Prof. Nahum Keidar and Prof. Chaim Rabinovitch from the Agriculture Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot Campus. It is the product of a 12-year breeding program using wild Peruvian tomato species to create a sweet snack tomato with excellent ripening time and shelf time.
The Super Sweet 100 is a hybrid cultivar popular in America. It is resistant to both Fusarium and Verticillium wilt.
The Selke Biodynamic cherry tomato was named after Margrit Selke. Emil Bock, in his book The Three Years, wrote that the seed and plant of this unusual species contains forces evoking "the cosmic sphere of sunlit clouds, air and wind..."
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