A typical attribute of the bright golden yellow tomato variety ‘Indian Moon’ is the fine blush of the very ripe fruits up to red “cheeks”. The fruits are spherical and medium sized. The taste of the variety is rather mediocre, the tomatoes have little sweetness and are quite sour with a subtle aroma. In return, they are high-yielding. In the garden, the ‘Indian Moon’ is considered to be a bush tomato.

Like all tomato cultivars, this is edible raw and cooked. Tomatoes are one of the most widely used fruits in the world, especially in stews, as cold (ketchup) and hot sauces, and are even used sometimes in jam, as juice (e.g. sangrita) and in cocktails (Bloody Mary). As tomato paste they are used as thickeners and seasonings. Especially their content of lycopene (only in red tomatoes) and many other vitamins makes them valuable food plants.

• Edible Fruits
• Type of Fruit Berry
• Culinary Group Fruit Vegetables
• Taste Umami
• Trivial Names (variety) Indian Moon
• Trivial Names (Tomatoes in general) Tomate, Paradeiser, Paradeisapfel, Paradiesapfel, Liebesapfel, Goldapfel, Pomodoro, Tomato
• Size 4 cm
• Taxonomy Solanaceae (Nightshade Family) Solanum lycopersicum 'Indian Moon'
• Origin (Tomatoes in general) Mesoamerica (Map)
• Donated by Gaby Försterling 2018