Wikipedia's first sentence called it “smaller garden variety of tomato”. Today it says “type of small round tomato believed to be an intermediate genetic admixture between wild currant-type tomatoes”.
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Cherry Tomato (film) . Yellow cherry tomatoes Freshly picked cherry tomatoes in Auroville, India The cherry tomato is a type of small round tomato believed to be an intermediate genetic admixture between wild currant-type tomatoes and domesticated garden tomatoes . Cherry tomatoes range in size from a thumbtip up to the size of a golf ball , and can range from spherical to slightly oblong in shape. Although usually red, other colours such as orange, yellow, green, purple, and black also exist. Those shaped like an oblong share characteristics with plum tomatoes and are known as grape tomatoes . The cherry tomato is regarded as a botanical variety of the cultivated berry, Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme . "Garden Tomato Synonyms (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme as Classified by NCBI Taxonomy) – Encyclopedia of Life" . Molecular phylogenetic analyses have established that the formerly segregate genera Lycopersicon , Cyphomandra , Normania , and Triguera are nested within Solanum , and all species of these four genera have been transferred to Solanum Nesbitt, TC; Tanksley, SD (2002). Implications for the evolution of fruit size in the domestication of cultivated tomatoes" .
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A cherry tomato is a smaller garden variety of tomato . Cherry tomatoes range in size from a thumbtip up to the size of a golf ball, and can range from being spherical to slightly oblong in shape. The more oblong ones often share characteristics with plum tomatoes , and are known as grape tomatoes . The cherry tomato is regarded as a botanical variety of the cultivated tomato, Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme . It was widely cultivated in Central America when the Conquistadores arrived and is thought to be the ancestor of all cultivated tomatoes.
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A cherry tomato is a rounded, small fruited tomato thought to be an intermediate genetic admixture between wild currant-type tomatoes and domesticated garden tomatoes . Cherry tomatoes range in size from a thumbtip up to the size of a golf ball, and can range from being spherical to slightly oblong in shape. Although usually red, yellow, green and black varieties also exist. The more oblong ones often share characteristics with plum tomatoes , and are known as grape tomatoes . The berry tomato is regarded as a botanical variety of the cultivated berry, Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme ."Garden Tomato Synonyms (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme as Classified by NCBI Taxonomy) - Encyclopedia of Life" .Implications for the evolution of fruit size in the domestication of cultivated tomatoes" .
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The cherry tomato is a type of small round tomato believed to be an intermediate genetic admixture between wild currant-type tomatoes and domesticated garden tomatoes . Cherry tomatoes range in size from a thumbtip up to the size of a golf ball , and can range from spherical to slightly oblong in shape. Although usually red, other varieties such as yellow, green, and black also exist.Those shaped like an oblong share characteristics with plum tomatoes and are known as grape tomatoes . The cherry tomato is regarded as a botanical variety of the cultivated berry, Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme . "Garden Tomato Synonyms (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme as Classified by NCBI Taxonomy) - Encyclopedia of Life" . Implications for the evolution of fruit size in the domestication of cultivated tomatoes" .
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Tomato variety For the 2008 South Korean film, see Cherry Tomato (film) . Yellow cherry tomatoes The cherry tomato is a type of small round tomato believed to be an intermediate genetic admixture between wild currant-type tomatoes and domesticated garden tomatoes . Cherry tomatoes range in size from a thumbtip up to the size of a golf ball , and can range from spherical to slightly oblong in shape. Although usually red, other colours such as orange, yellow, green, purple, and black also exist. Those shaped like an oblong share characteristics with plum tomatoes and are known as grape tomatoes . The cherry tomato is regarded as a botanical variety of the cultivated berry, Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme . "Garden Tomato Synonyms (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme as Classified by NCBI Taxonomy) - Encyclopedia of Life" . Implications for the evolution of fruit size in the domestication of cultivated tomatoes" .
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smaller garden variety of tomato
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type of small round tomato believed to be an intermediate genetic admixture between wild currant-type tomatoes
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