The fruit of Lycopersicum; the love-apple.
1822. The pies made of the Tomatus are excellent. As this is a new desert (sic), those who wish to make them will slice the fruit, and pursue the same process as with a common pie made of apples.—Lancaster (Pa.) Journal, Sept. 6.
1836. A gentleman near New York cleared $1800 last summer on a small farm, by rearing the Tomato.—Phila. Public Ledger, April 16.
1840. We were discoursing on the nutritive qualities of the tomato. This is a vegetable which deserves a far more general use.—Farmers’ Monthly Visitor, Aug. 31: from the Baltimore Sun.
