Tomatoes come in various colors, shapes, and sizes
They are red, orange, yellow, green, and purple. Round,
Oval, oblong, and pear-shaped. Over 8,000 kinds are
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cultivated throughout the world, and new ones are still
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being created every year. Tomatoes are the world's
most widely produced vegetable.
Tomatoes were originally grown in the highlands of
the Andes in South America. The native kind was
small, like a cherry tomato.
When tomatoes
were introduced into Central :
America, people there began to call them tomatl. The
word means “swelling fruit” in the old Mexican
language. In the 16th century, tomatoes arrived in
Europe through Spain tog
ner with potatoes, and
then spread across the world.
