Since Eighteen Fifty-Eight 
Last year, on this page, was told the story of how the firm 
of Kendall 6C Whitney came to be started seventy-five years 
ago. Another year has passed. A year during which changes 
in all kinds of business have been frequent and more radical 
than during the entire existence of the firm. Results or bene¬ 
fits cannot be fully determined at this time but it is to be 
trusted that conduct under such restrictions as are imposed, 
will bring greater gain to the dealer as well as the customer. 
It is the true intent of this firm to subscribe to the work¬ 
ings of the proposed code governing establishments of this 
kind. That the many friends of Kendall & Whitney will assist 
in its operation is to be hoped, for only with their co-operation 
can the wheels of business be made to run smoothly. 
From time to time there come to pass many valuable 
discoveries-here is printed a story which may prove 
entertaining to some and new to others. 
Oysters grew and thrived for centuries before man dared 
eat them. Likewise, tomatoes were thought to be poisonous 
until comparatively recent times. Cucumbers, unless pickled 
in a salt brine would poison he who ate in the raw. Tomatoes 
were known as "love apples.” Just what relationship there 
is between love and poison is beyond the limited experience 
of the layman. But as the story goes, a lovelorn lad who 
couldn’t just pluck up enough courage to speak the lines that 
have led so many to weal and so many to woe, came upon a 
patch of wild "love apples” while wandering aimlessly through 
the fields into which he had strolled for solace. And then 
and there the lovelorn lad decided to end it all with the 
poisonous fruit that bore its name the secret of his heart. 
Deep into the blood-red fruit, or berry, or whatever may 
be its botanical classification, he sank his teeth. And as he 
sucked lustily of the juice to quicken his end, his soul rose 
to what he thought was the glory of heaven. Heartened by 
the nector, he sped to the maid, poured out his love and— 
here you have a picture of courage which eventually brought 
the juice of the once forbidden fruit to such fame. 
