1544-A Love Apple by Any Other Name Would Still Be Delicious. When he wrote about the “pomi d’oro,” or gold apples, in 1544, the Italian herbalist Pietro Andrae Matthioli made the first mention of the tomato’s arrival in Europe [source: Smith].
1544-A Love Apple by Any Other Name Would Still Be Delicious. When he wrote about the “pomi d’oro,” or gold apples, in 1544, the Italian herbalist Pietro Andrae Matthioli made the first mention of the tomato’s arrival in Europe [source: Smith].