After reading this article, you will know the difference between them.

What kind of fruit do you often see this season? I believe you must have seen millennial cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, etc. in fruit stores. What is the difference between cherry tomatoes and millennial tomatoes and tomatoes? Want to know, then come and see.


Cherry tomatoes are a kind of tomatoes. In fact, cherry tomatoes are the most primitive tomato varieties, and it can even be said that they have not been completely domesticated. The reason why some cherry tomatoes have a particularly sweet taste and a small and cute appearance is that they were specially selected during breeding to meet the needs of the market. Cherry tomatoes and tomatoes are only slightly different in size and color. Tomatoes are larger, cherry tomatoes are smaller, and the color is generally slightly dark red. The millennium we often see in fruit stores is actually a variety of cherry tomatoes, but the millennial fruit is round in shape and reddish in color; while the cherry tomatoes are longer in shape and have no color like the millennial fruit. Deep, yellowish in color. The smaller the millennial fruit, the sweeter it is. What other varieties of cherry tomatoes are there?

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1. Black Tomato

Black tomatoes, perfectly round, purple-black (not all black, they are dark purple-red, they look like black, hence the name black cherry tomatoes), the average weight of a single fruit is about 16-20 grams, the yield is high, and the taste is good. The nutritional value is very high, and the tomato flavor is very strong. It has a lot of water, good taste, and thin skin and flesh, so the hardness is not good when it is mature, and it needs to be picked when it is 7-8 mature. Because black tomato seeds are more expensive, the varieties are relatively rare, the fruit tastes good, and they are not common in the general market, they generally take the high-end sales route.

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2. Yellow Tomato (Jin Linglong)

Yellow tomatoes, also known as cherry tomatoes, pearl tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, can be both vegetables and fruits. Sweet, seedless, good taste, high nutritional value and unique flavor, the best of both worlds for eating and viewing. The ripe fruit is orange-yellow, the fruit is oval, the single fruit weighs 15-18g, the pulp is thick, the taste is good, the quality is good, and the disease resistance is strong. 

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3.Israel's Purple Tomato

The variety is imported from Israel. The fruit is beautiful , the weight of each fruit is 18-22 grams, and one ear can bear 10-15 fruits. It has good hardness and is resistant to transportation. Purple, sweet taste, Brix above 9.8.

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4. Green Tomato

Infinity-growing hybrid first-generation green tomato variety, green and crystal clear. The fruit weighs about 15g. Good taste, tough peel, resistant to cracking.

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5. Pineapple Tomato

Fruit-shaped small tomatoes, pear-shaped. The fruit weighs 12-20g, and the peel and pulp are yellow. The fruit tastes good.

So in the production process, how to improve the added value of cherry tomatoes?

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Therefore, before the cherry tomatoes are mature and marketed, farmers around the world will carry out a series of processes such as cleaning, sorting, and packaging of the cherry tomatoes, thereby increasing the purchase price of the cherry tomatoes.


With the continuous advancement of technology, FstSort has already developed and manufactured different types of sorting machines to meet the different needs of farmers. The cherry tomatoes washing, weighing and grading line is composed of automatic basket pouring device, elevator, bubble cleaning machine, secondary elevator, air dryer, classifier, weighing system and automatic basket discharge device. You can choose a part of the processing line. For example, washing machines, grading machines, and weighing balers are all available.


If you are interested, please contact us at any time.