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Show Tomato From Peru? Peru is thought to have been the native home of the tomato, and the natives of Mexico are known to have grown It since very early times. They called them xlot-mates xlot-mates or zltotmates from which the present word, tomato, has probably been derived. It was not until nearly 100 years after the discovery dis-covery of America that Europeans became acquainted with the tomato and even after they had known the plant for many years It was used mainly for ornamental purposes, pur-poses, the food value of the fruit being little suspected. |