Matt's Wild Cherry

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Matt's Wild Cherry is a cultivar of tomato ostensibly based on the original wild tomato plants, acquired by a friend of Doctor Matt Liebman in Hidalgo, Mexico. [1] Liebman raised this cultivar in Maine, eventually releasing it under his own name. It is species Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme.

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