SC - Tomatos as potherbs
Stapleton, Jeanne
jstaplet at mail.law.du.edu
Tue Jan 26 14:10:31 PST 1999
In a message dated 1/19/99 7:51:18 AM Eastern Standard Time,
KatarinSCA at aol.com writes:
<< Before the concept of Vitamin C I presume?
Katarin >>
And Ras responded:
Actually, the probable cause of the bad rep that tomatos carried up
until the beginning of this century when they were still viewed as a major
cause of cancer, is the fact that all parts of the plant except the fruit
are poisonous.
IIRC, the tomato is related botanically to the deadly nightshade, which may
have something to do with this as well as its reputation.
It is, in fact, related botanically to deadly
nightshade, and it *can* cross-pollinate with
deadly nightshade if they are grown in close
proximity as a garden.
Therefore, there is the chance that once in a
while, one might grow a truly deadly batch of
tomatoes.
Berengaria
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