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The Portuguese call this fruit tomato, and 

 eat it either raw or stewed. 



Lunan says of this fruit, " I have eaten 

 five or six raw at a time: they are full of a 

 pulpy juice, and of small seeds, which you 

 swallow with the pulp, and have something 

 of a gravy taste. The juice is cooling, and 

 very proper for defluxions of hot humours in 

 the eyes, which may occasion a glaucoma, if 

 not prevented: they are also good in the St. 

 Anthony's fire, and all inflammations ; and a 

 cataplasm of them is very proper for burns." 

 Miller also says, that the love-apple was used 

 as a medicine in his time. 



This fruit has long been used by the wealthy 

 Jew families in this country ; and within these 

 last few years it has come into great use with 

 all our best cooks, as it possesses in itself an 

 agreeable acid, a very unusual quality in ripe 

 vegetables, and which makes it quite distinct 

 from all garden vegetables that are used for 

 culinary purposes in this country. It makes a 

 good pickle, and is preserved in various ways 

 for the winter use, and is made into a kind 

 of ketchup also. When boiled in soups and 

 sauces, it imparts an acid of a most agreeable 

 flavour: it is also served at table boiled or 

 roasted, and sometimes fried with eggs. Love- 

 apples are now to be seen in great abundance 



