Many people like tomatoes. Tomatoes have beautiful colors and they are good t

Many people like tomatoes. Tomatoes have beautiful colors and they are good to our health. But do you know how and when tomatoes were cultivated?
   Tomatoes were first cultivated in 700 AD. The French called it "the apple of love". The Ger- man called it "the apple of paradise".
   Do you know the tomato is the world’s most popular fruit? And yes, just like the pumpkin, it is a fruit, not a vegetable. More than 60 million tons of tomatoes are produced per year, 16 mil- lion tons more than the second most popular fruit, the banana. Apples are the third most popular (36 million tons), and then oranges (34 million tons) and watermelons (22 million tons). Tomatoes are used in many food products, including, of course, tomato sauce, pasta and pizza.