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Show The tasty, tantalizing tomato but Tomatoes are hardy, it s topslf . . . Chilly nights can ruin crops Back in the 15th and 16th centuries, the New World produced exciting food discoveries for the Old World, but none took so long to be appreciated as the tomato. Tomatoes were used for centuries in South America and Mexico, and are recorded as being cultivated in France, Spain and Italy as early as 1544. However, the red vegetable was grown only as a curiosity in England as late as the mid-17t- h century. In America, pioneering, frontiersmen were not as courageous as they might have been. Only the bravest souls ventured to eat the mysterious fruit." Little by little though, the fame of these juicy new treats increased, and by 1835 the versatile vegetable started achieving recognition. The tomato has come a long way, and today we enjoy it in all sorts of ways in all shapes and sizes. And so ITS EASY TO PREPARE nomt exciting new treat with an old favorite, tomatom, a long a yon know what to do, and which recipe to follow, according to the new Ortho book, All About Tomatoc." Sugar Producers See Light At End Of Tunnel The absence of a national sugar policy, a world surplus of sugar and a prolonged period of market prices be- low the cost of production have created an economic crunch of alarming proportions for the U.S. sugar industry. But domestic sugar-begrowers and sugar processors are looking to the future with much more optimism. according to Rowland M. Cannon, president of U and I Incorporated. et National and international developments in recent weeks point to a brighter light at the end of the tunnel for the domestic sugar industry following some rather dark days, he said. Most heartening, he said, is the gradual but significant improvement in the sugar market in recent weeks. This , will help increase the returns to the growers for last years crops and also improves the outlook for beets that are now being planted. The industry has weathered some pretty bleak times in the past, Mr. Cannon added, and Im sure it will weather this one. Sugar has long been a political commodity as well as an agricultural. commodity. Our country still imports about 45 per cent of its sugar needs, and this trade traditionally has been mingled with international politics."' long as you give them tender loving care and good soil, tomatoes are easy to grow, according to the new Ortho book, All About Tomatoes. However, if your tomato degrees will also stop the tomatoes from forming. And, if there is a spell of very hot weather during the day in the 90s the plants may also suffer from a something this? gardening has not been blossom drop with no yields. fruitful" there may be What can you do about all askew. 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