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TOMATE PRUNE [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Lycopersicon esculentum var. pyriforme
Latin
OBS

Most tomato varieties belong to three groups ... The large-fruited beef tomatoes ... the medium-sized ... and the small-fruited cherry tomatoes ... Other varieties, of lesser importance, have fruits elongated, plum-shaped and rather square (for canning), striped, or hollow like sweet peppers, and in various other colours from white to pale pink, green and yellow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Lycopersicon esculentum var. pyriforme
Latin
DEF

Variété de petite tomate de forme oblongue.

OBS

Au Canada, la tomate oblongue est vendue sous l'appellation tomate italienne. Elle est aussi connue sous le nom de tomate prune.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción hortícola
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Lycopersicon esculentum var. pyriforme
Latin
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Record 2 1994-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Horticulture
CONT

The tree tomato, is cultivated for its large, pear-shaped, orange-colored fruit, which is used in the same way as the tomato. Most often grown as a novelty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Horticulture
DEF

Fruit de forme fuselée et de la taille d’une prune. Il existe deux variétés de tamarillo, le rouge et le doré. Leur goût évoque celui de la tomate et de la cerise de terre.

Spanish

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