Show The TOMATO as as' as asa a a RIVAL of the ORANGE TWO O highly valuable fruits are called tomatoes tomatoes to- to mat matoes es and oranges At first glance one would not classify them together r yet in indi di dietetic value they run neck and neck A fruit is defined by the botanist as a vegetable product which carries the seeds within its body Tomatoes are generally considered vegetables and indeed they are and so ar are arG all fruits that is fruits fruits' are from the vegetable kingdom It has now been proved that the luscious tomato tomato tomato to to- mato formerly regarded as affording little more than bulk and coloring matter in the diet rivals the orange in the quantity of which it carries Tomatoes are a great protection against scurvy Tomato juice and orange juice according according accord accord- ing to a bulletin of the Indiana State Board of Health may be given to a baby as young as 2 months in order to toward ward off scurvy which might proceed from mothers mother's milk or cows cow's milk or pasteurized cows cow's milk Scurvy proceeds from mothers mother's milk very rarely and occasionally from fresh cows cow's milk and a little more frequently from pasteurized milk In each of these in instances instances instances in- in stances a little orange orange juice or tomato juice each day will neutralize the scurvy tendency Both orange juice and tomato juice in some someway someway someway way aid the body's growth for ch children have noticeably increased in weight after after- adding the juices of these fruits to their ordinary diet Even canned tomatoes contain but not so abundantly as fresh tomatoes and therefore the juice extracted from the canned fruit will ward off scurvy Orange peel water made by boiling orange pee n water is fo found nd to be efficacious in preventing pre g |