On Sun, 09 May 2004 15:27:29 GMT, Cookie Cutter wrote:

> The tomato was an integral part of the cuisine of the southern colonies
> and later the American South.
>
> The growing season for tomatoes is exceedingly short in New England,
> and, coupled with the fact that there was great prejudice against the
> tomato in England, little opportunity existed for the tomato to have
> much impact in the north.
>
> The tomato started moving into northern cookery in the later part of the
> 19th century, probably shipped in from warmer areas.
>
> Cookie
>

Tomato cultivation was well established in England by 1776 at least. In the
17th edition of The Gardeners Kalendar by Thomas Mawe published in that
year there are detailed instructions for their cultivation under the
kitchen garden section. Although I don't have access to the earlier
editions ATM I seem to remember reading about them in there as well.

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Pete The Gardener
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