02/09/2023
Be that as it may, until the 1970s, cherry tomatoes were grown locally in various parts of Europe, were little known and were used as a decoration for the main course. That all changed when major British realtor Marks & Spenser wanted to fill its stores with tomatoes that would meet the following requirements: long shelf life, sweet taste and easy to grow. It was at this moment that Israeli scientists received an order to bring one of the existing varieties of tomatoes to a state that meets the requirements of Marks & Spenser. Together with British agronomists, Israeli scientists managed to make the cherry tomato sweeter, longer stored on the store shelf compared to other tomato varieties, and also taught it to grow in slender lines, which was important for organizing automatic watering and fertilization in mass production.