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digestive glands and is good for their health in 

 general), wait till they are sure of it, knowing 

 that long-distance berries, fruits, and vegetables 

 are about as enjoyable as telephoned kisses. 



The disadvantages of long-distance marketing 

 are being gradually diminished by superior 

 shipping, precooling, and chilling arrangements; 

 but nothing will ever take the place of vege- 

 tables and berries gathered from your own 

 garden an hour before they are eaten. 



TOMATOES AND POTATOES 



"I would go to the country to live, if for 

 nothing else, to find out what corn, peas, and 

 beans can be at their best," exclaims E. P. 

 Powell. He might have added tomatoes. It 

 is true that these do not spoil so rapidly, yet 

 their freshness is, from the epicurean point of 

 view, of far greater importance than is com- 

 monly supposed. Unfortunately they can be 

 picked when hard and green, and allowed to 

 redden gradually. Most of those sold in the 

 cities, even when grown in the neighborhood, 

 are now of that kind. Though they redden, they 

 do not really ripen, remaining tough till they 

 spoil, at no time fit for anything but a stew. 

 To enjoy them in a salad, or eaten out of the 

 hand, we must have them fresh from the gar- 

 den. The difference is astounding. Only a 

 fresh tomato has the peculiar flavor suggested 



by the fragrance of the plant itself when you 

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