Beefsteak tomato Italy, first, and France, later, an original variety of beefsteak tomato is produced, which looks like a heart beef by its form, which is pointing down. In Italy, the "cuore di bue" has been registred, but not in France, where some companies continue naming "cœur de bœuf" tomatoes which don't have the same qualities. Beefsteak tomato A beef tomato (British English) or beefsteak tomato (American English) is one of the largest varieties of cultivated tomatoes, some weighing or more. Most are pink or red with numerous small seed compartments (locules) distributed throughout the fruit, sometimes displaying pronounced ribbing similar to
Plum Middle Dutch, and Latin "prūnum", from Ancient Greek προῦμνον ("proumnon"), believed to be a loanword from Asia Minor. In the late 18th century, the word, plum, was used to indicate "something desirable", probably in reference to tasty fruit pieces in desserts. Plums are a diverse group of species. The commercially important plum trees are medium-sized, usually pruned to 5–6 metres height. The tree is of medium hardiness. Without pruning, the trees can reach 12 metres in height and spread across 10 metres. They blossom in different months in different parts of the world; for example, in about January in Taiwan