SC - Poisonous Tomatoes?

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<<Do we have any evidence that tomatoes were considered poisonous, and 
if so when and where? I've seen lots of third hand assertions, but I 
don't think I have seen any primary source evidence. What, for 
example, does Gerard's Herbal say?>>

The following material makes a causal but specific reference to the toxicity 
of tomato plants on page 66.

Fortin, Francois/Macmillan, Encylcopedie Visuelle des Aliments, 
Quebec/Amerique International, pg. 66-67, 1996.