Small tomatoes, also known as cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes and pearl tomatoes, are slightly cold. They are panicum miliaceum and belong to the genus Lycopersicon of Solanaceae, and their plants can grow to 2 meters at the highest. In foreign countries, it is also known as "Golden Fruit" and "Love Fruit". It is both a vegetable and a fruit, which is not only bright in color, beautiful in shape, but also palatable in taste.

Small tomatoes are native to Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and other places in South America. Small tomatoes like warm, heat-resistant, light-sensitive and loose and fertile sandy soil. At present, it is widely cultivated in all parts of China, but in the north, it only grows once a year. Compared with open cultivation, greenhouse cultivation has a great difference in taste in the rest of the year. In South China, because the climate is suitable for the growth of tomatoes, you can eat tomatoes cultivated in the open field with pure taste from July and August every year until February next year.

Selection skills of small tomatoes

Small tomatoes are also divided into varieties. For example, Millennium fruit is a very delicious variety. Just look at the shape, some are round and some are a little sharp. Choose from these two shapes. It is recommended to pick the round one, the rounder the better. Generally, this one tastes better.

Generally, small tomatoes are sold with pedicels, so the freshness of small tomatoes can be seen from the state of pedicels. If the pedicel is still green and hard, it means that such small tomatoes are fresh. If the pedicel is black and wilted, it means that such small tomatoes are not fresh enough and have been left for a long time, instead of small tomatoes with higher maturity and left for a long time, the pedicel will fall off when touched lightly.

The small tomatoes we usually see are all red, so when we choose them, we should try to choose dark and shiny ones. Such small tomatoes are not only fresh and sweet, but also very sweet and juicy. Remember that the darker the color, the better.