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Evening Star, Issue 20995, 8 January 1932, Page 7

Perhaps no vegetable has become so popular in Germany as the tomato. Yet some thirty years ago it was hardly known. When it did appear it was regarded with suspicion on account of its brilliant colour, and it was considered to be harmful. For a long time, under the name of Liebesapfel (love apple) it was cultivated in only'a few gardens for decoration. To-day the tomato is eaten and enjoyed in every form by rich and poor. Now that it has been proved that this useful fruit or vegetable will keep good for more than six weeks in ice storage, the growing grounds throughout_ the country have been enormously increased, but foreign importers, with Holland at their head, do a very great trade with Gemaey*