Take a look at the agricultural production statistics of Carnarvon in Western Australia and you might be surprised to see that tomatoes outnumber bananas.
Almost 8,000 tonnes of the red fruit were sent to Perth last year, compared to about 5,000 tonnes of bananas.
Tomatoes raked in 26% of the region's gross agricultural income.
Duc Nguyen has been growing tomatoes in Carnarvon for about 15 years and puts the boom in the fruit down to the high percentage of Vietnamese growers in the area.
"The Vietnamese like growing tomatoes, every year they want to grow a bit more, a bit more.
"Maybe because costs and everything are moving up, you have a grow a bit more to survive, to make a living."
He expects Carnarvon's tomato output will continue to rise.
"Young growers are coming into the growing of tomatoes now, it'll survive for a long time in Carnarvon and it will build up too because these young guys like to grow it."
Originally from Vietnam, Mary Lee has been growing tomatoes in Carnarvon for over five years and this year has about 120,000 cherry tomato plants on her property near the Gascoyne River.
She takes great pride in her crop and says she can always find a market for her product.
"I supply Perth and I supply to Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland; everybody loves cherry tomatoes."
Dr Chris Schelfhout, the Department of Agriculture's Gascoyne manager, says the crop has a good future in the region, but warns growers against ignoring the usual risks.
"There's probably some room for expansion, but like some of the other crop types, tomatoes are also susceptible to gluts in the market and price drops."