The Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio or sometimes just ''Pomodorino Vesuviano'', is a

grape tomato A grape tomato is a class of tomatoes believed to be of southeast Asian origin, shaped similarly to the oval plum tomatoes but having the small size and sweetness of cherry tomatoes. Grape tomatoes produce small and typically oblong fruits. In ...

grown in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

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, and has PDO protected status, which was granted in 2009.EU Directory of PDO/PGI/TSG - Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio profile
(accessed 31/Oct/2010) The cultivation area is restricted to 18 ''

comuni The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' around

Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius ( ; it, Vesuvio ; nap, 'O Vesuvio , also or ; la, Vesuvius , also , or ) is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of s ...

, pretty much all within the

Vesuvius National Park Vesuvius National Park ( it, Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio) is an Italian national park centered on the active volcano Vesuvius, southeast from Naples. The park was founded on June 5, 1995, and covers an area of around 135 square kilometers all lo ...

.Agricoltura del Regione di Campania - News - Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio
(Italian) (Accessed 31/Oct/2010)

References

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