SubscribeThe tomato, Lycopersicum esculentum, is another gift from tropical Mexico and Central America, developed by the skill of red men of long ago. The name tomato is a corruption of the Nahuatl name, tomatl. For centuries the tomato was appreciated only in the tropics. Until about 1850 the people in most parts of the United States called it poisonous, but sometimes grew it as a curiosity under the name of love apple. It is now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions all over the world.
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