Tomato Flavor map

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8 Tomato varieties plotted by Flavor map. Colored fields indicate harvest status. Use arrow keys to navigate, Enter for details, and Space to compare.

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Tomato story

The tomato that went to court

In 1893, whether a tomato counted as fruit or vegetable mattered for US import tax.

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Tomato illustration: A vegetable for tariff purposes

A vegetable for tariff purposes

The US Supreme Court treated tomato as a vegetable in the ordinary language of a tariff law.

Tomato illustration: Wild relatives in the Andes

Wild relatives in the Andes

South American wild tomatoes hold genetic diversity used by breeders.

Tomato illustration: Bigger through human selection

Bigger through human selection

Cultivation and selection changed the size and shape of tomatoes over many generations.