Tomatoes were grown mainly as ornamentals early on after their arrival in Italy.
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11 Facts About Tomatoes
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Tomatoes eventually developed over seventeen different varieties of the tomato plant.
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Tomatoes serve, or are served by, a large variety of companion plants.
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Tomatoes are often grown in greenhouses in cooler climates, and cultivars such as the British 'Moneymaker' and a number of cultivars grown in Siberia are specifically bred for indoor growing.
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Tomatoes keep best unwashed at room temperature and out of direct sunlight.
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Tomatoes that are not yet ripe can be kept in a paper bag till ripening.
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Tomatoes are easy to preserve whole, in pieces, as tomato sauce or paste by home canning.
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Tomatoes were linked to seven Salmonella outbreaks between 1990 and 2005, and may have been the cause of a salmonellosis outbreak causing 172 illnesses in 18 US states in 2006.
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Tomatoes are a popular "nonlethal" throwing weapon in mass protests, and there was a common tradition of throwing rotten tomatoes at bad performers on a stage during the 19th century; today this is usually referenced as a metaphor.
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The name "Rotten Tomatoes" derives from the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes when disapproving of a poor stage performance.
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