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Old 20-11-2014, 01:42 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Love apples.
On 19/11/2014 08:56, Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
Bigal wrote:

I have wondered why tomatoes used to be called love apples. ...

Advertising, mistranslation or both!

Googling finds at claim that the Nahuatl tomatotl literally means "the
swelling fruit".



Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


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