The origin and varieties of cherry tomatoes

I believe everyone knows about cherry tomatoes. Let me give you some detailed knowledge about this fruit. I hope you like it.

Cherry Tomato

With the improvement of people's living standards, the demand for special cherry tomato varieties has increased year by year. Cherry tomatoes are a variant of ordinary tomatoes. The fruit is exquisite and cute, with edible and ornamental value. It has excellent quality and unique flavor. The sugar content of mature fruits is significantly higher than that of ordinary large-fruit fresh tomatoes by more than 2 percentage points. The juice contains calomel, which is effective for liver diseases and has a diuretic effect. The peel can secrete a small amount of rutin, which can lower blood pressure, prevent arteriosclerosis and detoxify. At the same time, the fruit is rich in vitamins and carotene. The Beijing Vegetable Research Center has cultivated two cherry tomato varieties, Jingdan No. 1 and Jingdan No. 2, which have reached or exceeded similar foreign varieties in terms of yield, quality and high disease resistance.

Cherry Tomato Varieties

1. Jingdan No. 1: It is a cherry tomato hybrid newly selected by the Beijing Vegetable Research Center, which is resistant to virus diseases. The plant of this variety is of unlimited growth type, with dark green leaves and strong growth potential. The first inflorescence is born at the 8th to 9th nodes, and each ear can produce more than 15 fruits, and a maximum of more than 60 fruits. The fruit is round or slightly round, the ripe fruit is red, and the single fruit weighs 8 to 12 grams. The fruit tastes sweet and sour, with excellent flavor, an average sugar content of 7, and a maximum of 10 degrees. It is medium-early maturing, and it starts to be harvested 50 to 60 days after planting in spring; in autumn, it starts to be harvested 90 days from sowing to the beginning of harvest. Fruiting is good under high and low temperatures.

2. Jingdan No. 2: The plant is of limited growth type, with the first inflorescence growing at the 5th to 6th node, and the main stem capped with 4 to 6 ears. It is very early-maturing, and can be harvested 40 to 45 days after planting in spring; in autumn, it takes 85 days from sowing to harvesting, and each ear has more than 10 fruits. The lower fruit is high and round, and the upper fruit is high and round with a tip. The mature fruit is bright red and beautiful, and the single fruit weighs 10 to 15 grams. The fruit tastes sweet and sour. Fruit setting is good under high and low temperature conditions.

The origin of cherry tomatoes

Legend has it that during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, one early autumn, Emperor Wu fell seriously ill and could not get up. The imperial physician had no medicine to cure him, so the concubines in the harem were all worried about it. One day, the maid Sheng was playing in the garden and saw a rabbit. She chased the rabbit into the depths of the garden and suddenly found a fiery red fruit on a low plant. Sheng hurriedly picked it and showed it to the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine did not know what it was, so she asked the imperial physician. The imperial physician had never seen it before. So she heard the voice of Emperor Wu of Han in confusion, so she put the red fruit on the table. Who knew that after a breeze, the red fruit turned into a wisp of green smoke, swaying and drifting into the bedroom of Emperor Wu of Han. Not long after, Emperor Wu of Han recovered from his illness. No one knew why, and no one remembered the red fruit. Only Sheng kept thinking about it, but later she could not find it. In the early autumn of the following year, the garden of the harem was filled with such fruits. Emperor Wu of Han learned that the fruit was discovered by the sage, so he named it "cherry tomato". However, to this day, no one knows that this small cherry tomato can actually cure diseases.