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• n  mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
• n  native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties

• The FDA says no to labeling tomato products as anti-cancer foods.
• So how much damage can a few rotten tomatoes really do? The tomato-linked salmonella outbreak announced by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 3 has claimed 228 victims .
• To perfect the tomato that makes the soup that Campbell sells by the millions of cans, botanists have been working for years on different strains of Lycopersicon esculentum.

• love apple
• tomato plant
• Lycopersicon esculentum

News & Articles

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• Summer tomato salad with fresh oregano
  Serves 6 Make the most of native tomatoes with this simple summer dish. If you don't grow your own, farmers' markets are selling heirloom varieties, including brandywine, green zebra, and carbon. Cut them into all different shapes. Arrange on a large platter, sprinkle with a white wine vinaigrette and garnish with fresh oregano — or another herb you have on ...        
  June 15, 2013 - Boston Globe
• Hot stretch saves day for Warren pink tomato fest - WXVT-TV Delta News - More Local News and Weather WXVT.com |
  WARREN, Ark. (AP) - Rest assured, tomato fans. There are enough pink tomatoes for Bradley County's annual festival to go on this weekend. The pink tomato supply was scarce because of cool weather this spring.
  June 13, 2013 - WXVT 15 Greenville
• Hot stretch saves day for Warren pink tomato fest
  Rest assured, tomato fans. There are enough pink tomatoes for Bradley County's annual festival to go on this weekend.
  June 13, 2013 - KAIT Jonesboro

Quotes

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• Jose Carreras in Washington Post
  I remember that last time I was visiting him in his town in Modena, at his home, he was preparing some special bread and tomato for me together with prosciutto. He was entertaining also in the gastronomic aspect that he liked very much,...
• Alberto Cárdenas in International Herald Tribune
  The Mexican tomato is safer and cleaner than ever,Agriculture Secretary Alberto Cardenas told Televisa network Thursday.
• Stephen Breyer in MyFox Houston
  Probing an argument about the federal government's interest in someone who grows pot plants, Breyer said, "You know, he grows heroin, cocaine, tomatoes that are going to have genomes in them that could, at some point, lead to tomato children that...