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continental gardens, and says that its fruit was eaten dressed 

 •with pepper, salt, and oil." 



It appears according to the " Hortns KewenBis" to have 

 been cultivated in England as early as 1596, and Gerarde 



Fig. 77.— Vice's ceiteeion tomato. 



mentions it in his work, which was published in 1597, as grow- 

 ing in his garden. Parkinson, whose works were published in 

 1656, mentions it as being cultivated in England for ornament 

 and cnriosity only. For a long time, however, it has been grown 



