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Smith?

Three times in early history and once under in Britain a Smith or Andrew F Smith is mentioned. Since he is also cited in each case why not just make the statements?--Weetoddid (talk) 09:46, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Production trends: contradictory data and broken ref

This is my first time commenting or editing here, I apologize if something is incorrect. Under Production Trends, the text says that Mexico is the largest producer, but the graphical chart shows China instead of Mexico. After going to the reference site, I believe the correct data for 2005 would be China as the largest producer. Mexico shows a substantially lower production at 2.24 million tons. I have made the change in the text on the page from Mexico to China. TonyHagale (talk) 17:55, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The table shown under the above section of the article appears thus:
Top Tomato Producers — 2008
(million tons)
 China 311.6
 United States 111.0
 Turkey 39.7
 Egypt 47.6
 India 87.6
World Total 125
Source:
UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO)[1]
Maybe I'm missing something, but how can the largest producer, China, produce 311.6 million tons annually, and the total world production be less than half that, at 125 million tons? Unfortunately, the link in the reference in non-functional, so I am unable to verify. Clarification would be appreciated, and fix to the broken link would be great. --Yumegusa (talk) 07:38, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]


This isn't the biggest problem - the cided source, FAOSTAT, doesn't even have the data for 2008. I dug the following table for 2007 up from FAOSTAT and will replace the one in the article, as it is uncited. Let's leave the old table here in case someone wants a quick review. So, this is the 2007 data from FAOSTAT:

Top Tomato Producers — 2007
(in tonnes)
 China 33 645 000
 United States 11 500 000
 Turkey 9 919 673
 India 8 585 800
 Egypt 7 550 000
World Total 126 246 708
Source:
UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO)[2]

Gasper.azman (talk) 13:56, 31 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sewage

I understand that tomato seeds pass undigested though the human gut, and so sewage plants are often surrounded by tomato plants. Anyone confirm? Danceswithzerglings (talk) 03:44, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

peeling and seeding the tomato

yes i am making salsa for the first time and am having trouble finding information on why or why not to seed and/or peel a tomato. any input would be great.Jondatsun (talk) 23:17, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a manual. However you seem to be new, so as a chef: seeds are not chewable, and are bitter. The skin is also difficult to chew and gets stuck in your teeth. For future questions, please see websites like Google or WikiHow, and/or our Reference Desk. → ROUX ₪ 23:21, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merger

I propose that most of the section "Types" be merged into List of tomato cultivars. --Bensin (talk) 21:56, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I second that. Thomas Kluyver (talk) 14:42, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Are Tomatoes Fruits or a vegetable?

Hmmm...Let me think...It is both a fruit and a vegetable. I am sooo totally confused. You can probably click this link..www.goggle.com and search for this..its is ALOT of help. Well sorry i dont really have the answer, but i think it is both a fruit and a vegetable. :D —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.238.90.187 (talk) 23:29, 7 October 2009 (UTC) [reply]

Paella a tomato dish?

Since when has paella been known as a tomato dish? Vegetable paella may have it, but it's certainly not a traditional ingredient. Therefore the whole Iranian etymology section seems highly dubious to me, I'd suggest removing it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.105.176.121 (talk) 12:56, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tomato is the 'Apple of Paradise'

In a number of European languages (Italian, Hungarian, Serbian, and I think the Austrian dialect) the word for 'tomato' is synonymous with 'paradise'. It would be interesting if the article could explain this unusual etymology.Nmcmurdo (talk) 01:21, 26 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In Britain

In existing section:

Tomatoes were not grown in England until the 1590s, according to Smith. One of the earliest cultivators was John Gerard, a barber-surgeon.[6] Gerard's Herbal, published in 1597 and largely plagiarized from continental sources[citation needed],


The citation required for the plagiarism claim is supported by information at the URL: http://www.controverscial.com/John%20Gerard.htm

"There is however a cloud of controversy surrounding the original contents of the Herbal. It is believed that Gerard may have used a translation of Stirpium historiae pemptades sex (1583) by the Flemish botanist Rembertus Dodoens." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathan.x.jackson (talk • contribs) 14:36, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tournefort vs. Miller

I thought Philip Miller provided the scientific name? He however used the Tournefort classifications at first, but later used the binomial nomenclature of Carolus Linnaeus. 95.209.84.250 (talk) 09:59, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed refactoring

It strikes me that this article has been growing somewhat 'organically' for some time—people sticking little additions in here and there. The result is somewhat incoherent. As such, I'd like to go through and 'refactor' it, just tidying things up and generally making it flow better. I can't say precisely what I intend to do yet (although as Bensin suggests above, the redundant 'Types' section will probably go), but if you object, speak now (or forever hold your peace). If no-one objects in about a week, I'll go for it. Thomas Kluyver (talk) 13:26, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK, No-one's objected, so I'm going to go for it. I'll add the inuse template. Thomas Kluyver (talk) 15:19, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Error

When it is talking about "now Mexico city" it has an error. There is one missing comma that makes it sound odd. How do I correct it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.204.88 (talk) 03:59, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've corrected it for you. Most Wikipedia articles you could just click "Edit" at the top and change them. This one has been protected (it was an obvious target for people messing around), so you can only edit if you've had an account for a little while. Thomas Kluyver (talk) 16:09, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Different person, those appear to be limes in the picture of the Indian Dish while the caption says lemons. Just a small thing I noticed. 67.243.20.72 (talk) 11:28, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural use of the tomato!

A British lecturer at Unisa, Sally Hutchings, was deported after throwing a tomato at State President P W Botha to protest against curbs on the universities.

http://sites.google.com/site/tomatosaclub/home/itomatopw —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.246.55.22 (talk) 08:08, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While this might be true, I don't think it's important enough to include in an article about tomatoes. See also WP:trivia. Thomas Kluyver (talk) 19:22, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ http://faostat.fao.org/faostat/form?collection=Production.Crops.Primary&Domain=Production&servlet=1&hasbulk=0&version=ext&language=EN
  2. ^ http://faostat.fao.org/site/567/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=567
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