Cherry tomato
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| Species: | S. lycopersicum
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| Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme | |
The cherry tomato is a type of tomato that is a fruit. This type of tomato was originally developed in Israel.
Israeli scientists Haim Rabinowitch and Nachum Kadar from the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot bred one of the varieties of cherry tomatoes in 1973.[1]
