| A tomato importer, John Nix, decided to
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| | almost every variety of pill and panacea
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| challenge the law after scrutinizing the
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| | was extract of tomato. It now occupies as
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| Tariff Act. His case relied on the fact
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| | great a surface of ground as cabbage, and
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| that tomatoes were a fruit and not
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| | is cultivated the length and breadth of
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| vegetable, therefore, it should not be
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| | the country." - year, Bruits had eight
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| subjected to the Tariff Act. Nix's
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| | cultivatars listed in his catalogue. A
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| objections brought the case to the
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| | few years later, in 1863, a popular seed
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| Supreme Court in 1893. Although Nix had a
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| | catalogue had 23 cultivars listed. One of
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| solid case, the Supreme Court rejected
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| | the listed cultivars was Trophy, the
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| the botanical facts and continued to
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| | first modern-looking, large, red,
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| refer to tomatoes as a vegetable.Plant
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| | smooth-skinned variety which was sold for
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| family
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| | $5.00 for a packet of 20 seeds.Large
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| Tomatoes belong to the genus
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| | scale breeding for desirable traits
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| Lycopersicon, while potatoes belong to
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| | became common in the 1870s in both the US
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| the genus Solanum; Both of which belongs
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| | and UK. In fact, by the 1880s several
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| to the same "flowering plant family"
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| | hundred cultivars had been named and it
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| solanaceae. The similarities in leaves
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| | was clear that tomato had grown on the
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| and flowers justifies this taxonomic
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| | western culture. According to a study
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| grouping.The UK - Introduction of the
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| | conducted at Michigan Agricultural
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| tomato
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| | College in the late 1880s, 171 of the
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| When the tomato plant was first
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| | named cultivars represented only 61 truly
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| introduced into the UK, some areas were
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| | unique varieties, many of which were only
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| not willing to consume the fruit because
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| | marginally different.Heirloom varieties
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| they were considered poisonous. Other
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| | Although Central American is thought to
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| plants that were poisonous, and in the
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| | be the center of domestication,
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| same family as the tomato, such as the
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| | throughout Europe and later in North
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| henbane, mandrake and the deadly
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| | America, further domestication occurred
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| nightshade were reasons to be
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| | on a more intense level. Eastern Europe
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| concerned.The deadly nightshade (Atropus
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| | appeared to produce large numbers of high
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| belladonna), in particular, resembled the
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| | quality varieties. Tomatoes are
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| tomato plant the most, and was used as a
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| | self-pollinating plants which tend to
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| hallucinogenic drug, as well as for
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| | become genetically homozygous after many
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| cosmetic purposes in various parts of
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| | generations. Tomatoes will rarely cross
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| Europe. In Latin, the name "belladonna";
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| | breed and usually produce plants will
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| literally means "beautiful woman." The
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| | similar characteristics as the
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| women in medieval courts would apply drop
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| | parents.Because of tomatoes natural
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| of deadly nightshade extract to their
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| | breeding process, early cultivars did not
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| eyes, dilating their pupils, a
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| | change much and were kept in a family or
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| fashionable statement at the time.When
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| | community for a long time, hence the name
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| the deadly nightshade was taken for it's
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| | heirlooms. There are cultivars that dates
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| hallucinogenic properties, the consumer
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| | back to over one hundred years that are
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| would experience visuals and a feeling of
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| | still produced today. Most heirloom
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| flying or weightlessness. German folklore
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| | varieties are different in color, size
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| suggests it was also used in witchcraft
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| | and shape. Some varieties are black, red
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| to evoke werewolves, a practice know as
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| | with black shoulders, dark purple,
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| lycanthropy. The common name for tomatoes
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| | rainbow and green. In terms of size, some
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| in Germany translates to "Wolf peach,"
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| | are the size of a cherry to larger
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| which was simply another reason for
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| | varieties weighing over 2 lb.Heirlooms -
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| Europeans to avoid the plant.North
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| | a story
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| America - Introduction of the tomato
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| | Some heirloom varieties have interesting
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| Tomato plants were transported by
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| | histories as well; at least I think so.
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| colonists from Britain to North America.
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| | Lets talk about the story of a heirloom
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| The plants were most valued for removing
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| | name Mortgage Lifter. A radiator repair
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| pustule (Pimples, Blisters - Pus filled,
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| | shop owner, Charlie, experienced hard
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| inflamed skin). The inventor of peanut
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| | times, as did much of the nation through
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| butter, George Washington Carver,
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| | the Great Depression. Because of
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| strongly urged his poor Alabama neighbors
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| | financial reasons, most people abandoned
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| to consume tomatoes because of their
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| | their cars and Ol Charlie's business too
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| unhealthy diet. However, he had little
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| | a hard hit. He decided to use his four
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| success convincing them that the plants
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| | largest fruit producing tomato plants to
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| was edible.Early efforts by merchants to
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| | cross breed repeatedly with each other to
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| sell tomatoes were not very successful.
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| | create a plant that produced two pounds
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| It is said that the fruit was brought to
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| | of fruits.Claming that his plants could
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| the liberal hamlet of Salem, Mass. in
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| | feed a family of six, Charlie peddled the
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| 1802 by a painter who also found it
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| | crops for a dollar per plant. Within four
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| difficult persuading people to try the
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| | years, Charlie generated enough money to
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| fruit. New Orleans cuisine was reported
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| | pay off the $4,000 dollars mortgage on
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| to have used tomatoes by 1812, however,
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| | his home, which led to the heirloom name
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| doubts about the fruit lingered in some
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| | "Mortgage Lifter."Heirlooms - names &
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| areas.It's thought that doubts about the
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| | origins
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| plant's edibility was laid to rest, when
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| | In general, the names of heirloom
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| Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson announced
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| | varieties links directly to their
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| that he will consume a bushel of tomatoes
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| | history. For example, the Baptiste family
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| in front of the Boston courthouse at noon
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| | in Remis, Fance cultivated the First Pick
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| on September 26, 1820. Thousands of
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| | variety. Picardy's history also dates
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| spectators turned out to watch the man
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| | back to France (1890). Besser arrived
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| commit suicide (At least, so they
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| | from the Freiburg section of Germany,
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| thought) by consuming the poisonous
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| | while Schellenburg's Favorite came from
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| fruit. It is said that spectators were
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| | the Schellenburg family near Manheim,
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| shocked when they realized the Colonel
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| | Germany.Elbe was cultivated in 1889 near
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| will survive after consuming numerous
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| | the Elbe River in Germany. Since the
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| tomatoes. This story is from an old farm
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| | 1870s, the Amish in Pennsylvania
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| journal and may not be very reliable,
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| | cultivated the Amish Paste variety.
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| however, it's quite entertaining.Tomato
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| | Brandywine was also cultivated by Amish
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| popularity on the rise
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| | farmers near Brandywine Creek in Chester
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| Throughout the western world, tomatoes
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| | County Pennsylvania in 1885. The hills of
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| began to grow in popularity. In the
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| | Virginia is thought to be the origin of
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| 1820s, several cookbooks included recipes
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| | the Hillbilly variety. Old Virginia was
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| which required or called for tomatoes.
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| | cultivated in Virginia as well in the
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| Tomatoes were sold by the dozens in
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| | early 1900s. In 1953 Campbell Soup Co.,
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| Boston's Quincy Market in 1835. In Thomas
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| | introduced the Ace variety which is still
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| Bridgeman seed catalogue, 4 varieties of
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| | popular for canning. On Edgar Allan Poe's
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| tomatoes were listed: Cherry, Pear, Large
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| | estate, a cultivar found growing there
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| Yellow and Large Squash.Bruist, a seed
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| | bears his mother's maiden name,
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| merchant commented on the tomato in 1858
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| | Hopkins.Please bear in mind that these
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| - "In taking retrospect of the last
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| | heirloom stories may be true or false, in
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| eighteen years, there is no vegetable on
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| | part or whole, and may be inaccurate or
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| the catalogue that has obtained such
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| | exaggerated.This article is courtest of -
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| popularity in so short a period as the
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| | The Agriculture & Gardening Search
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| one now under consideration. In 1828-29,
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| | Engine.
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| it was almost detested; in ten years
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