Tomato

Tomato

Type	Crop
Season	Summer
Seed	Tomato Seeds
Growth Time	11 days
Regrowth	Every 4 days
Sell Price	60g

The Tomato is a regrowing Summer vegetable and one of the most useful crops in the kitchen. It is cheap and sells for little, but one planting keeps producing all season, and it goes into a long list of recipes. Pizza, Spaghetti, Bruschetta, Eggplant Parmesan, Fish Stew, Shrimp Cocktail and Vegetable Medley all need one. The Tomato is also part of the Summer Crops Bundle. It sits at the centre of a famous argument between Demetrius and Robin about whether it is a fruit or a vegetable.

The in-game description reads: Rich and slightly tangy, the Tomato has a wide variety of culinary uses.

Growing

Pierre's General Store sells Tomato Seeds in Summer. The first harvest takes a little under two weeks. After that, the plant gives a new tomato every four days until the end of Summer. A seed planted on Summer 1 is first picked on Summer 12 and then again on the 16th, 20th, 24th and 28th, for five harvests from one seed.

Because the plant regrows, Speed-Gro only helps with the first harvest and has no effect on the four-day cycle after it. Quality Fertiliser or Deluxe Fertiliser is the better choice, since it improves every harvest the plant gives through the season.

Prices

A raw Tomato is one of the cheaper vegetables. Silver, gold and iridium tomatoes sell for a quarter, a half and double the base price more, and the Tiller profession adds 10%.

For a cheap vegetable like this, the Preserves Jar is the clear winner. Pickles are worth twice the base price plus a flat 50g, which almost triples the value of a tomato. Juice from a Keg is worth only a little more than twice the raw price and takes much longer. The Artisan profession adds 40% to both. Machines ignore the quality of the input, so normal tomatoes are the ones to pickle.

Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.

Quality	Price	Tiller (+10%)
Normal	60g	66g
Silver	75g	82g
Gold	90g	99g
Iridium	120g	132g

Uses

The Summer Crops Bundle in the Pantry asks for one Tomato, together with a Hot Pepper, a Blueberry and a Melon. The reward is a Quality Sprinkler.

Many dishes call for a Tomato. Cooking Wheat Flour with a Tomato makes Spaghetti, and Lewis sends the recipe at three hearts. Adding Cheese to the flour and tomato makes Pizza. The Queen of Sauce teaches it, and The Stardrop Saloon sells the recipe. Cooking Bread with Oil and a Tomato makes Bruschetta, and The Queen of Sauce teaches it. Cooking a Tomato with a Shrimp and a Wild Horseradish makes Shrimp Cocktail, which gives Fishing and Luck buffs.

Villagers mail the recipes for three other dishes. Cooking an Eggplant with a Tomato makes Eggplant Parmesan, and its recipe comes from Lewis at seven hearts. Cooking Crayfish with a Mussel, a Periwinkle and a Tomato makes Fish Stew, and its recipe comes from Willy at seven hearts. Cooking a Tomato with a Beet makes Vegetable Medley, and its recipe comes from Caroline at seven hearts. Lewis loves Vegetable Medley, so a few tomatoes and beets make a reliable gift for the mayor.

At the dye pots in Emily's and Haley's house, the Tomato counts as a red dye.

Cooking

Cooking Tomato with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Bruschetta		Bread (1), Oil (1), Tomato (1)
Eggplant Parmesan		Eggplant (1), Tomato (1)
Fish Stew		Crayfish (1), Mussel (1), Periwinkle (1), Tomato (1)
Pizza		Wheat Flour (1), Tomato (1), Cheese (1)
Shrimp Cocktail		Tomato (1), Shrimp (1), Wild Horseradish (1)
Spaghetti		Wheat Flour (1), Tomato (1)
Squid Ink Ravioli		Squid Ink (1), Wheat Flour (1), Tomato (1)
Vegetable Medley		Tomato (1), Beet (1)

Bundles

The Community Center asks for Tomato in these bundles.

Bundle	Room	Amount
Summer Crops Bundle	Pantry	1

Gifts

Most villagers like the Tomato, as they like most vegetables. Abigail, Haley, Jas, Sam and Vincent dislike it. Several loved gifts can be cooked from it, such as Vegetable Medley for Lewis.

Notes

In Demetrius's six-heart event, Robin is annoyed that he bought tomatoes when she asked for fruit. Demetrius insists that tomatoes are a fruit and asks the farmer to settle the argument. Siding with Demetrius and answering "Fruit" raises his friendship, while answering "Vegetable" lowers it.

All Crops

Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.

Crop	Season	Growth	Price
Blue Jazz	Spring	7 days	50g
Carrot	Spring	3 days	35g
Cauliflower	Spring	12 days	175g
Garlic	Spring	4 days	60g
Green Bean	Spring	10 days	40g
Kale	Spring	6 days	110g
Parsnip	Spring	4 days	35g
Potato	Spring	6 days	80g
Rhubarb	Spring	13 days	220g
Strawberry	Spring	8 days	120g
Tulip	Spring	6 days	30g
Unmilled Rice	Spring	-	-
Ancient Fruit	Spring, Summer, Fall	28 days	550g
Tea Leaves	Spring, Summer, Fall	20 days	-
Blueberry	Summer	13 days	50g
Hops	Summer	11 days	25g
Hot Pepper	Summer	5 days	40g
Melon	Summer	12 days	250g
Poppy	Summer	7 days	140g
Radish	Summer	6 days	90g
Red Cabbage	Summer	9 days	260g
Starfruit	Summer	13 days	750g
Summer Spangle	Summer	8 days	90g
Summer Squash	Summer	6 days	-
Tomato	Summer	11 days	60g
Corn	Summer, Fall	14 days	50g
Sunflower	Summer, Fall	8 days	80g
Wheat	Summer, Fall	4 days	25g
Amaranth	Fall	7 days	150g
Artichoke	Fall	8 days	160g
Beet	Fall	6 days	100g
Bok Choy	Fall	4 days	80g
Cranberries	Fall	7 days	-
Eggplant	Fall	5 days	60g
Fairy Rose	Fall	12 days	-
Pumpkin	Fall	13 days	320g
Sweet Gem Berry	Fall	24 days	-
Yam	Fall	10 days	160g
Powdermelon	Winter	-	60g
Broccoli	-	-	-
Cactus Fruit	-	-	75g
Grape	-	-	80g
Pineapple	-	-	-
Qi Fruit	-	-	-
Taro Root	-	10 days	100g