Elejo Tomato (Snake Tomato)Ark of Taste Snake tomato (Trichosanthes cucumerina) locally known as “elejo tomato” is a variety growing mostly wild in southwestern Nigeria. It is mainly found in the states of Lagos, Ogun, Oyo,...
Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifter TomatoArk of Taste The Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifter Tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) is a large, pink and red beefsteak tomato. Individual tomatoes weigh between 1 and 2 kg. They are described as appearing...
Livingston Globe TomatoArk of Taste The Livingston globe tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum) grows to be, on average, a rose red tomato with a weight of 150-200 g and 7.5 cm in diameter. The fruit is...
Delizia di Tortona TomatoArk of Taste There is a tomato variety that is grown in the area around Tortona, especially in its municipality, that goes under the name of delizia di Tortona. In the past,...
Platense TomatoArk of Taste The platense tomato has also been referred to as the raya verde (“green stripe”), raya negra (“black stripe”), colorado grande (“big red”) or invulnerable (“invulnerable”) tomato. It is a...
Aunt Lou’s Underground Railroad TomatoArk of Taste At some point in the mid-19th century, a slave or former slave whose name is lost to history crossed the Ohio River (from Kentucky to Ripley, Ohio) into freedom,...
Smooth Skin Geraldton tomatoArk of Taste The Smooth Skin Geraldton Tomato is a small to medium sized, round, red tomato with very firm and sweet flesh. It has been cultivated, using local seeds, in Western...
Nagche Pink TomatoArk of Taste The pink tomato is a local peasant variety of tomato that developed from local women’s careful breeding and production of the seeds. It is a large tomato, reaching 1kg...
Cilento Yellow TomatoArk of Taste Known locally as the pummarola gialla (“yellow tomato”) or piennulo antico giallo (“old yellow tomato”), the Cilento yellow piennolo is a variety of cherry tomato from Cilento in southern...
Sudduth Strain Brandywine TomatoArk of Taste The Sudduth Strain Brandywine tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is also sometimes called the Pink Brandywine. It is renowned for its large, pink fruit that can reach nearly 1 kg in...
