Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1906-05-25
A POPULAR FOOD PLANT.

What great discovery the to-
mato was as an article OF food
While most food plants are Of an
Gent origin, there are plenty Of
people living today who can le-
member when it was only an orna-
ment cultivated for the beauty of
its dainty blossom and its hand
some fruit. While its beauty was
admired 1t was considered like ipoi-
souOus oak, dangerous to even
handle except by dark tomplec,cd
persons. Years of acquaintance
ship, however, wore off its super
stirion. and few "foolhsrdy'' &C
tually owned up to having tas t. d
the fruit.
From tins small beginnidg, has
gradually grown a use that makes
today All industry with a combined
capital of over thirty millions of
dollars. which disburses millions of
dollars to its employees each year
and agsreg .Ies an output OF two
hundred and forty millions CAPS.
This product goes into every house.
hold in the land and is as familiar
au Article OF diet as ANY other of
the staple products of the soil.
Each year sees an increasing con-
sumption and the more intimate
the atq iaintanCe the greater h e
USE.
The reason !or this is OBJ " ions.
There IS no better appetizer land as
an article OF seasoning lthe tomato
lnpdits taste that en- ,ot be imi-
itated. Ii is Sn distinctive tn IS
presence can be located even in
minute PARTICLES. yet The urgency
has everything that deligh the
palate ahd nothing that offends the
nOstrilS.
The growth of its general popu RI
" diles back to the time of the
first successful packing house
When The use OF the tomato as a
food was established, demand made
1t necessary to have h aper
price than the local market garden
er could afford. and to meet this
the tin can as dlminiSher of space
was called into requisition. 1t was
found much cheaper proportionate-
ly TO raise one thousand bushel S
than ten so by the aid of the tin
the cooked product could be placed |
on the consumers table at price |
so reasonable as 10 enable its daily
use. Moreover. the article put in
the can is brought fresh picked
from the field. Theoretically sealed |
and Immediately steriliced by heat,
while the uncanned fruit is fire.
quently shipped for hundreds Of
miles before it is used asa food.
This artifcially ripened fruit must
be gathered green and the red col
or it finally assumes is the wither-
ing of hungry tissues @that should
have fed the fruit with the red
nourishing juice that comes from
the soil and by the aid of Mother
Nature is thus transformed. No
preservative is used by the Gamer
as the action of heat insures keep
ing for an indefinite time.
There is nothing so healthy as
this rich ripe fruit dumped out of
the clean white can ready for any
use. Sue taste is equal to tn
fresh fruit and every semblance of
waste in shape of rind or core has
been removed. Lat it?-why the
very sight and smell are irresistible
and the most insistent APPETITE can
be stated because of its absolute
harmlessness. Its healthfulness
has never been attacked and the
rich !uices colored as the life Civ
ing fluid act as a tonic even for TIE
invalid stomach. There is no
nome where its visits are not wei.
,ome. and the table of either the
or peasant is alike fam
liar with its presence. As Indian
,orn, it is distinctly OF Ameri, an
origin, and proud indeed can we be
IF both Of these excellent food
plants.
III hx, (Nhtoano xuhO1ncoieI