Cookie Cutter wrote:

> Could you give me where to find this information? I am very interested
> in this subject.
>
> Cookie
>
> ASmith1946 wrote:
>
>>> The tomato started moving into northern cookery in the later part of
>>> the 19th century, probably shipped in from warmer areas.
>>
>>
>>
>> This is a myth. The tomato was grown in New England before 1800, and was
>> identified as the "queen" of vegetables by the 1830s.
>>
>> Andy Smith

Sorry about typo -- Could you tell me where to find this info. I know
tomatoes were grown in flower gardens before 1800 and surely a few brave
souls ate them but I did not think they were a common item on the table.
In my research they only begin being actively bought from seed
catalogs around 1830 and it was not until after the Civil War that they
became what you might call universal on American tables.

I am very interested in any reference source you can point me to that
shows information to the contrary. I am currently trying to write an
article on this subject.

Cookie