The Panola weekly star., 1885-10-24
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in ifyi The potato whs probably
If0ughi from sau Domingo by ihs
french refugees. VIM al,o Introduced
lnio this c0uhlry ihs eggplant. the
Hkfa. and The small Chill pepper,
W James Tilion mDslawafe. stated
that when he returned from study In
Europe. abhu, 1902 be found the toma
N growing In The gardens n the Dn.
p1uts G0rparhes and other French ami
grants from Snn Domingo. and 70.
marked io his family that il was veg,
stable highly esteemed aud generally
eaten In France, spain and Italy, and
especially valuable ~ q corrective "
bile in The system DR. Tilton emit
grated To Madison, Ind, In 1929, and
raised the tomato In his garden there.
II was then unknown In Louisville or
the adjacent parts Of Kentucky II Il
also known that the tomato was planted
early In the present century on the east
ern shore Of Maryland, that land Of ter.
rnpins, soft crabs. oysters, canyas.back
ducks, and other cpicurcan dolicaces.
Many years elapsed, however before
the tomato became n fayorite esculent
In that region In 1871 the Spanish
Minister saw the tomato growing in the
garden Of Mrs. Philip Barton Key whose
husband wrote the "Star.Spangled Ban.
ner and recommended IL ms having
been used In Spain for many years. In
1914, gentleman dining with friend
at Harper's Ferry, and seeing tomatoes
on the table, Remarked III see you eat
tomatoes Lere; the District people are
afraid Of them" Tomatoes were
brought to Massachusetts, by Dr. Will
liam, a son Of William Goodwin, cashier
Of the Bank Of Plymouth, Mass. DIR.
Goodwin spent many years Of his early
life in Spain, at Cadiz, Alicante and
Nalencla. aud was American Vice Con-
sui at Tarragona during It's terrible
siege by the French Troops in the PENN
gular war, He came home TO Plymouth
in 1917, and died in Havana in 1925.
He belonged to n family of epicures on
his fathers side, and his mother, n
daughter Of Captain Simeon Sampson
Of the armed ship Mercury, on which
Henry Laurons sailed for Holland In 1880
was renowned for the excellence Of her
cuisine. lie planted the seed Of the to-
mato in the bank garden in Plymouth,
whence the plant was disseminated
throughout the town, and TO Clark's Is
land, In Plymouth harbor. In Mr.. Good.
wins family and that of Mr.. Watson, on
the island, 1t was used as vegetable as
early as 1923.
Tomatoes were sold at the markets in
New York city in 1920. They were only
eaten, however, TO a limited extent, be.
ing generally used for the manufacture
)f catsup. As early ~ 1926 the tomato
was served up on the table Of good old
Mrs. Halliburton in New Hampshire, al.
though she could seldom induce her
boarders to partake Of it. Her husband,
Captain Halliburton, had doubtless i'm.
bibed taste for il in Spaiu.-Detroit
Past