By Sarah Fiorello

table with many cut tomatoes

Solanum lycopersicum ‘PLATE DE HAITI’

In 1793, the Creole refugees who fled the successful uprising of enslaved people in Haiti brought this tomato with them.

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Fish Pepper

Capsicum annuum ‘Fish Pepper’

African Bird’s-eye pepper

Capsicum frutescens ‘African Bird’s Eye’

Watermelon

Citrullus lanatus