Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-09

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tomato b Of South AnRiean 03gfn, end
Was introduced into Europe b. IL BpAniArds
in the sixteenth century, who discovered its
valuable qualities - An esculsnt From
Spain its cultivation extsndsd TO Italy and
the south Of France, and finally to this
country, where it first began to b used - .
vegetable in the latter part Of the Last
century. The tomato Is mentioned BY q
writer On plants in England Is early IS 1897
Parkinson calls them -love apples in 1864
and says they ara regarded Is curiositisA'
Dodosns, Dutch hsrbalist, writes in 1883 Of
their use Is q vegetable. TO b eaten with pop
per. salt, and oila They were eaten BY the
Malays in 1855 Arthur Young, tho Eng
lish agriculturist, saw tomatoes in the
market at Montpelier, in France, in 1873
The potato was probably brought from San
Domingo BY the French refugees, who also
introduced into this country the egg plant,
the okra, and the small Chilli pepper.
DR.. James Tilton, Of Delaware. stated
that when he returned from study in En-
rope. about 1S02, be found the tomato grow
ing in the gardens Of the Duponts,
Goresches, and other French emigranb
from San Domingo. and remarked to his
family that it was As . vegetable highly
esteemed and generally eaten in France,
Spain, and Italy, and especially valui le -
a corrective of bile in the system. DR..
Titon emigrated to Madison, Ind, in 1893.
and raised the tomato in his garden thers.
It wxs then unknown in Louisville or the
adjacent parts Of Kentucky. It is also
known that the tomato was planted early
in the present century on the eastern shore
Of Maryland, that land OF terrapins, soft
crabs, oysters canvaSback ducks, and other
epicurean dslicaciex Many years elapsed,
however, before the tomato became .
favorite esculent in that region In 1911
the Spanish minister saw the tomato grow
ing in the garden Of Mrs Philip Barton
Key. whose husband wrote the @Star
Spangled Banner" and he recommended IL
as having been used in Spain for many
years.
In 1914, a gentleman dining with q friend
at Harper's Ferry, and seeing tomatoes on
the table, rema rked: Il see you eat tomatoes
here; the District people are afraid Of them"
Tomatoes were brought to Massachusetts, by
Dr. William Goodwin, q son Of William
Goodw cashier of tho Bank OF Plymouth,
Mass. DR.. Goodwin spent many years Of his
early life in Spain. at Cadiz, Alicante, and
Valencia and was American vice consul at
Tarragona during its terrible siege by the
French troops in the peninsular war. He
came home to Plymouth in 1877, and died
in Havana in 1925 He belonged to q fam
lily Of epicures on his fathers side, and his
mother. a daughter Of Capt Simeon Samp-
son, Of the armed ship Mercury, on which
Henry Laurens sailed for Holland in
17S0, was renowned for the excellence Of her
cuisine. He planted the seed OF the tomato
in the bank garden in Plymouth, whence
the plant was disseminated throughout the
town, and TO Clark's island. in Ply mouth
harbor. In Mr.. Goodwin's family. and that
of MIR. Watson. on the island, it was used as
a vegetable as early Is 1923.
Tomatoes were sold at the markets in
New York city in 1soa. They were only
eaten, however, to limited extent being
generally used for the manufacture Of cat
sup As early as 1926 the tomato was served
up on the table Of good old Mrs Halliburton.
in New Hampshire, although she could sell
dom induce her boarders to partake Of it
Her husband, Capt Halliburton. had doubt
less imbibed taste for 1t in Spain