Cherry tomato

a type of small tomato

The cherry tomato is a type of tomato that is a fruit. This type of tomato was originally developed in Israel.

Cherry tomato
Cherry tomatoes
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S. lycopersicum
Binomial name
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme

Israeli scientists Haim Rabinowitch and Nachum Kadar from the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot bred one of the varieties of cherry tomatoes in 1973.[1]


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  1. The history of cherry tomatoes.