What do beef tomatoes, chicken-heart persimmon tomatoes, and yellow milk tomatoes look like? Discover the golden boy and jade girl of the tomato world
There are so many types of tomatoes, how many kinds are there exactly?
By fruit shape, they can be divided into nearly round, flat-round, oblong, and pointed-round, while colors are distinguished as bright red, pink, and yellow. They can also be classified by fresh eating versus cooking.
Beef tomato: the fruit is nearly round, bright red, thick and fleshy, with a sandy-sweet taste, juicy and refreshing, each weighing about 130g
Chicken-heart persimmon: peach-shaped, red, with a smooth fruit surface. The blossom end is small, weighing about 40~50g
Variegated ball persimmon: the fruit has a pattern of red, yellow, and green intermingled. The taste is sweet with a sour note. Each fruit weighs about 100g
Yellow milk: yellow, egg-shaped, with a small blossom end and pale yellow flesh. Each fruit weighs about 45g
Cherry tomato: round, more plump than the Jade Girl tomato. The ripe fruit is bright red and has no core. Each fruit weighs about 12~15g
The "Golden Boy" and "Jade Girl" of the tomato world?
Reading this, you must be wondering, do tomatoes really have a golden boy and jade girl? Actually, these are all names of tomato varieties! These are all names of small tomato varieties, all bred and named by Known-You Seed Co., Ltd.! Others, including "Cherry", "Xiu Nu", "Golden Pearl", and "Golden Jade", are also names of small tomato varieties bred by the company! As for why Known-You developed so many kinds of small tomatoes? It is said to be the story of a grandfather persuading his grandson to eat tomatoes!
In the past, tomatoes were large and not sweet. No matter how much the person in charge of tomato development pushed, his grandson absolutely refused to eat tomatoes, so the grandfather had a sudden idea: "If a tomato could be eaten in one bite, children should like it." So the grandfather began crossbreeding research, spending 6 years in total, and finally created this cherry tomato that both adults and children love to eat.
