Eco-Culture Garden: Tomato Harvest
Dublin Core
Title
Eco-Culture Garden: Tomato Harvest
Subject
organic gardening
local food
local food
Description
End of summer tomato harvest ripening on the windowsill.
Tomatoes originated in the Andes, where they grew wild with very small fruits, most likely yellow in color. There are species of tomatoes that still grow wild there today. Tomatoes were first cultivated by the Azteccs and the Incas around 700 A.D., or perhaps even earlier, and continued to be cultivated as the plant and fruit evolved by Mesoamericans. Spanish colonization was the catalyst for distribution of tomatoes throughout the world, and gained world-wide acceptance by the mid-18th century.
New Jersey, where we grow our tomatoes, has become well known for it's cultivated "Jersey Tomatoes", and many varieties have been developed here by farmers, gardeners, breeders and researchers.
Tomatoes originated in the Andes, where they grew wild with very small fruits, most likely yellow in color. There are species of tomatoes that still grow wild there today. Tomatoes were first cultivated by the Azteccs and the Incas around 700 A.D., or perhaps even earlier, and continued to be cultivated as the plant and fruit evolved by Mesoamericans. Spanish colonization was the catalyst for distribution of tomatoes throughout the world, and gained world-wide acceptance by the mid-18th century.
New Jersey, where we grow our tomatoes, has become well known for it's cultivated "Jersey Tomatoes", and many varieties have been developed here by farmers, gardeners, breeders and researchers.
Creator
Nicole Wines
Date
09-03-2010
Rights
© Raíces Cultural Center
Format
jpeg
Language
en
Type
Still Image
Identifier
2010ecoculturetomatoharvest01.jpg
Coverage
Highland Park, NJ
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Digital Image
Physical Dimensions
3648 × 2736
Collection
Citation
Nicole Wines, “Eco-Culture Garden: Tomato Harvest,” Raíces Cultural Center Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://archive.raicesculturalcenter.org/items/show/204.