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The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, as are its close cousins tobacco, chili peppers, potato, and eggplant. The tomato is native to Central, South, and southern North America from Mexico to Peru. It is a perennial, often grown outdoors in temperate climates as an annual, typically reaching to 1–3 m (3 to 10 ft) in height, with a weak, woody stem that often vines over other plants.
The leaves are 10–25 cm long, odd pinnate, with 5–9 leaflets on petioles[1], each leaflet up to 8 cm long, with a serrated margin; both the stem and leaves are densely glandular-hairy. The flowers are 1–2 cm across, yellow, with five pointed lobes on the corolla; they are borne in a cyme of 3–12 together. The word tomato derives from a word in the Nahuatl language, tomatl. The specific name, lycopersicum, means "wolf-peach" (compare the related species S. lycocarpum, whose scientific name means "wolf-fruit", common name "wolf-apple").
Early history
A variety of heirloom tomatoes.According to Andrew F Smith's The Tomato in America,[2] the tomato probably originated in the highlands of the west coast of South America. Although Smith notes there is no evidence the tomato was cultivated or even eaten before the Spanish arrived, this thesis is also questionable. Other researchers have pointed out that many other fruits in continuous cultivation in Peru are not present in the very limited historical record. Much horticultural knowledge was lost after the arrival of Europeans.
There is a competing hypothesis that says the tomato, like the word "tomato", originated in Mexico, where one of the two apparently oldest "wild" types grows. It is entirely possible that domestication even arose in both regions independently. Diversity data suggests the center of diversity for wild tomatoes is located in Peru, while the that of cultivated tomatoes, in Mexico. Thus, it can be hypothesized that wild tomatoes were introduced from Peru to Mexico, where they were domesticated.
In any case, by some means the tomato migrated to Central America. Maya and other peoples in the region used the fruit in their cooking, and it was being cultivated in southern Mexico and probably other areas, by the 16th century. It is thought that the Pueblo people believed those who witnessed the ingestion of tomato seeds were blessed with powers of divination. The large, lumpy tomato, a mutation from a smoother, smaller fruit, originated and was encouraged in Central America. Smith states this variant is the direct ancestor of some modern cultivated tomatoes.
Two modern tomato cultivar groups, one represented by the Matt's Wild Cherry tomato, the other by currant tomatoes, both originate by recent domestication of the wild tomato plants apparently native to eastern Mexico.
Just a little sketch I put together in LDD. Kinda resembles the ship that flies around the Classic Space logo.
WHY IS MY SNOWBALL YELLOW?
Christmas is coming! These little chaps are ready with their PodgyPanda scarves :) CHOICE
2.75" Micro Munny's
Super Sculpey, Acrylic, Armature wire (first time using armature wire!)
Backgrounds created on watercolour paper.
FOR SALE (enquire within!)
(c) PodgyPanda 2012
found my first camera, a micro 110 that still has film in it! and i found out that my photo lab still develops 110 film. i wonder if my hawaii pictures from 1987 are on that roll?
This was my second Maschinen Krieger inspired microscale mech build. Following on from the results of the “tan” coloured mech, I set about creating an alternate coloured mech that would still fit in the same world, yet hold very different characteristics in shape.
Around Puente Romano bridge
Mira la parte de la derecha para ver la ubicación en el mapa.
Look at the right side to find out the location on the map.
A rare sighting in a Scanning Electron Microscope, behold the Micro Unicorn!
Courtesy of Dr. Joshua Schumacher
Image Details
Instrument used: Helios NanoLab
Magnification: 6500
Horizontal Field Width: 23.0
Voltage: 5 kV
Working Distance: 4.0
Detector: ETD SE
Racine had a car show for vintage micro cars; i.e., cars with a motor of less than 700 cc, three or four wheels, weighing less than 1,000 pounds and having been built in the 1950s or '60s.There were several dozen cars of assorted sizes and shapes.
These are all different makes. Some I couldn't identify as they had no sign on them, including this first one, which I thought it was really cute!
Update: According to rotec.holger, this is a Mikrus MR300 from Poland. Thanks.
Large White (Pieris brassicae)
The Large White is one of two species (the other being the Small White) that can claim the title of “Cabbage White” that is the bane of allotment holders all over the British Isles. The larva of this species can reach pest proportions, and decimate cabbages to the point that they become mere skeletons of their former selves. The female is distinguished from the male by the presence of 2 black spots, together with a black dash, on the forewing upperside. This is one of the most widespread species found in the British Isles and can be found almost anywhere, including Orkney and Shetland. This species is also known to migrate to the British Isles from the continent, augmenting the resident population in the process.
Photographed at Warnham Nature Reserve, Horsham, West Sussex, UK.