Freeze kernels in empty margarine tubs for meal size. Do not add salt to the blanching water as it hardens the kernels. Corn must be canned in a pressure cooker. Pints for 55 minutes and quarts for 85 minutes under 10 pound pressure. Do not try to water bath.
Tomatoes are native to Peru.
Thomas Jefferson raised tomatoes when many people considered them poisonous. You should raise tomatoes that are resistant to verticillum wilt and fusarium wilt. Seed and plants are marked V-F resistant. Do not overheat water. Keep ripe tomatoes picked to give you a higher yield.