From the Vault: Tomato, Tomato, Part 2
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The Origin of the Tomato
Many early promoters of tomatoes in the colonies were doctors. Tomatoes became accepted during the eighteenth century as a medical plant. American physicians started to talk about tomatoes as a cure for what they called, at the time, bilious diseases.
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