South America was doing some pretty crazy stuff with agriculture
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tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Does this mean the original tomato varieties from South America arenât being grown anymore? Is this one of those things like they werenât very good, like watermelons 200 years ago being mostly green inside with only a little red and then they were gradually bred for more fruit content?
fox@hexbear.net â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The_v@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Its only sort-of true.
The tomato imported to Europe was more like the cherry/mini pear tomato and yellow in color. Cultivars like we know today weâre mostly developed in the 18th and 19th centuries in different European regions.
Why do I say itâs mostly true.
Modern breeders have extensively introgressed traits from wild types from Central and South America. Almost all modern cultivars contain DNA from multiple different locations. So itâs not really fair to say itâs all from Europe.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Thanks !