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The Jerusalem apple by Henry N. Ferguson
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 162.E214
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferguson, Henry N.
- Series:
- Early American life ; v. 9, no. 5.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Johnson, Robert G. (Robert Gibbon), 1771-1850--Knowledge--Tomatoes.
- Johnson, Robert G.
- Tomatoes--United States--History--19th century.
- Tomatoes.
- Physical Description:
- p. 102-106 ; 28 cm.
- Contained In:
- Early American life. Vol. 9, no. 5 (Oct. 1978).
- Place of Publication:
- [Gettysburg, PA : Early American Society], 1978.
- Summary:
- Relates how Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson publicly ate a tomato in Salem, N.J., on Sept. 26, 1820, proving that it was not poisonous.
- Notes:
- Caption title.
- OCLC:
- 36650316
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