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Organic Tomatoes

TAMATO

Basic Information

Baked Tomatoes

        Scientific name: 

Solanum lycopersicum

Tomatoes

Origination/history:

  • Early Aztecs around 700 A.D

  • Native to the Americas;

  • The Europeans introduced this fruit when the early explorers set sail to discover new lands in the 16th century

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  Conditions for growing

Tomatoes grows best in slightly acidic soil with full sun and an environment that ranges from 65 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit

Tomatoes

Function

Edible

For medicine

  • Tomato is used for preventing cancer due to it containing a chemical called lycopene, which is thought to play a role in preventing cancer

Fun Facts

Image by Josephine Baran

There are around 10,000 varieties of tomatoes worldwide and are the official state vegetable of New Jersey while tomato juice is the official state beverage of Ohio.

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