TOMATO. 
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TOMATO. 
Tomate, ou Pomme d ? amour. Solarium lycopersicum . 
VARIETIES. 
Large Red. I Pear-shaped. 
Large Yellow. [ Cherry-shaped. 
The Tomato, or Love Apple, is much cultivated for its 
fruit, which is used in soups and sauces, to which it imparts 
an agreeable acid flavour ; it is also stewed and dressed in 
various ways, and is considered very wholesome. 
The seed should be sown early in March, in a slight hot- 
bed, and the plants set out in the open ground, if settled 
warm weather, in the early part of May. In private gar- 
dens it will be necessary to plant them near a fence, or to 
provide trellises for them to be trained to, in the manner 
recommended for Nasturtiums ; they will, however, do very 
well, if planted four feet distant from each other every way. 
Tomatoes may be brought to perfection late in the sum 
mer, by sowing the seed in the open ground the first week 
in May; these plants will be fit to transplant early in June, 
and the fruit may ripen in time for preserves, or for catsup. 
One ounce of good Tomato seed will produce upward of 
four thousand plants ; and a single plant has been known to 
yield upward of a bushel of fruit. 
Tomatoes may be preserved in a stone or glazed earthen 
pot, for use in the winter, by covering them with water in 
which a sufficient quantity of salt has been dissolved to make 
it strong enough to bear an egg. Select perfectly ripe ber- 
ries, and cover the pot with a plate in such a manner that it 
presses upon the fruit without bruising it. Previous to cook- 
ing these Tomatoes, they should be soaked in fresh water 
for several hours. 
Besides the various modes of preparing this delicious ve- 
getable for the table, it may be preserved in sugar, and used 
either as a dessert, or on . the tea-table, as a substitute for 
Peaches or other sweetmeats. It also makes exqusite pies 
and tarts, and excellent catsup. 
