David First, Red menace; How the ‘strange and horrible’ tomato conquered
Italy, and America. Boston Globe, Aug. 15, 2010. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/08/15/red_menace/
Note:
(a) tomato http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato
(from Peru; world's top producer in 2008: China>US> Turkey>India>Italy)
*varieties of tomato mentioned in the Boston Globe article:
beefsteak
heirloom ("The definition of an heirloom tomato is vague, but unlike
commercial hybrids, all are self-pollinato
