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Tomatoes are yearly increasing in popularity and in conse- 

 quent extent of cultivation. The importance of the tomato 

 as a canned product is largely responsible for this condition. 



Tomatoes. g row j n g j s j ts g rea t increase in the lower Mississippi valley, 

 notably in Mississippi, whence the early markets of Chicago 

 and tributary regions are supplied. The crop of 1892 ap- 

 pears to have been good, although injured in some regions by 

 a mysterious blight.* 



The Fruit Growers' Journal speaks as follows of the year's 

 crop in the Mississippi valley: 



"The general result of fruit and vegetable growing for 

 market purposes this year has been pretty satisfactory in this 

 state and in all the states in the same latitude. With an 

 exception in favor of some isolated places, it has not been so 

 satisfactory south of the Ohio river. Garden truck, as it is 

 called, paid very well in Mississippi, as did also tomatoes. 

 Strawberries did not pay well south of the Ohio river, except 

 possibly at some few points in Kentucky and Tennessee. 

 There has been a larger setting of strawberries in the Missis- 

 sippi valley during the spring and summer than usual, in view 

 of supplying the market during the World's Fair. South of 

 ud«nm the ° hio river the berries will be marketed before the larger 

 crowd gets to Chicago. The setting in southern Illinois has 

 sissippi not been materially larger than usual, and there is wisdom in 

 valley, There will be an immense acreage set to tomatoes in 



Mississippi next spring, especially at Crystal Springs. More 

 than the usual acreage will probably he planted in Illinois, 

 Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. If there 

 should be any unusual sickness in Chicago next year, cholera, 

 or any other epidemic, tomatoes will go begging for a market. 

 The men who put out about their usual amount every year, 

 whether of fruit, grain or vegetables, are the men who generally 



The time cannot be remote when the tomato will be shipped 

 to Europe in a fresh state. It already reaches^ the London 



following record of tomato importations in fanuarv, i8g2:t 

 "Tomatoes are being imported from the Canary Islands 



