Garden peach tomato

Garden peach tomato

Tomatobox
headercolor = #ffffaa
name = Garden Peach "Solanum sessiliflorum Dunal"


image_width = 111px
image_caption = The yellow fruits are garden peach
type = Heirloom
maturity = 80 days
height = 9 feet
weight = 4 oz
vine = Indeterminate
leaf = regular leaf
resist =
color = yellow, blushes faint, mottled pink when ripe
shape = Globe

Garden Peach Tomatoes are a cultivar of tomato, native South American fruit mainly from Peru, where they are known as "Coconas". Its small, bright yellow fruit is the standard globe shape of tomato. With its yellow coloring, blushing vaguely pink mottling when very ripe, and fuzzy skin, it resembles a peach. This cultivar is also extremely prolific. It is rich in Iron and Vitamin B5. The plant grows naturally between 200 and 1,000 meters from Colombia to Ecuador and Perú.

Studies have shown they may lower cholesterol when eaten or drinking its juice regularly, similar to oranges or orange juice, but with a greater effectFact|date=May 2007.

References

* Danilo Fernandes da Silva Filho. Cocona ("Solanum sessilifolium" Dunal): cultivo y utilización. TRATADO DE COOPERACION AMAZONICA [http://www.otca.org.br/publicacao/SPT-TCA-VEN-SN%20cocona.pdf]

ee also

*List of tomato cultivars

External links

* [http://images.google.com/images?q=Garden%20Peach%20Tomato&sourceid=mozilla-search&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&percentage_served=100&sa=N&tab=wi Picture Gallery from Google Images]


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