Sec. 80.] GARDEN CCI.INARY VEGETABLES. 491 



sheltered situation, where they can grow out-doors. To hiuton the first 

 fruit, pineli off all shoots above the first foniu-d ones as soon as the tumutoci 

 are the size of cherries. Afterwards cut oil" im-st of tlio leaves, to let the 

 sun liavo its full force upon the fruit ; you will thus get a small crop several 

 weeks ahead of the ripening when i)lanted out at the ordinary time and k-fk 

 to tlie natural course of growth. To have really good tomatoes, lit to he 

 eaten in a raw state, which certainly is the most delicious form in which 

 they can be eaten, you must have a good sort, and grow them on good lainl, 

 and select the first fruit, and trim the vines so that tlio sun sliines npun it, 

 and let it become fully ripened before it is gathered. It should alwnvi 

 bo eaten wliile fresh to get its full value. Then it is both palatable and 

 wholesome. 



If the seed be sown in May, in good rich soil, of a warm nature, witli a 

 sufficiency of old, well-rotted manure, there will rarely bo any dangi-r of 

 failure. When the vines begin to show leaves, they sliould be provided 

 witli a trellis, or tied to stakes fixed in the soil, to keep the fruit from being 

 injured by coming in contact with the dirt. 



There is, however, a new sort lately introduce*!, called " Tomato th Layi^ 

 in France, and with us, the I'liriglit or Tree-Tomato, that requires n'> mii>- 

 port. Its stem is two feet high or more, and so remarkably strong and stilf, 

 that they arc nearly Belf-supi)orting — a highly commendable <juality. It 

 liranches less than the common Great Red Tomato, is less leafy, iKh-s unt 

 want so much pinching, does not liear so freely, but its fruit is Iari:<r and 

 more regularly formed. 



Medicinally, the tomato is in high repute. Dr. Dennfii, a pmu-.-.r ..i" 

 medicine of good standing, has pui.lished the following oj-inion of its good 

 qualities: 



" 1. That the tomato is one of the most powerful deobstruenta of the JAi- 

 teria J/cflica, and that in all those aflcctions of the liver and otlior organ*, 

 where calomel is indicated, it is i)robably the most efl'eclivo and least harm- 

 ful remedial agent known in the i)rofession. 



"2. That a chemical extract will bo obtained from it which will alto- 

 gether supersede the use of calomel in the cure of disease. 



" 3. That he has successfully treated serious diarrhea with this article nlono. 



" 4. That when used as an'artielo of diet, it is almost a. sovereign remedy 

 fo» dvspepsia or indigestion. 



" 5. That persons removing from the Kast or North to the South or W «t, 

 should by all means make u^o of it as an aliment, as it would in tliat event 

 save them from the danger attendant upon tlu-se violent bilious attack* to 

 which almost all unaeclimated j.ersons are liable. 



" C Tiiat the citizens in ordinary should make use of it either raw, cx-kcj, 

 or in the form of a catsup, with 'their daily f.Hxl, as it is the mo«t lualihy 

 article in the Materia Alinuninna.'" 



Prof. Ilalinesquc, of France, says: Mt is everywhere decmc^l a very 

 licaltliy vegetable, and an invaluable article of food." 



