Learn about The Jersey Tomato tomorrow at 2

Did you know that tomatoes were considered poisonous at one time and it was a New Jerseyean who decided to prove everyone wrong? Hear about heirloom varieties and modern hybrids and the folklore attached to this fruit.

Everyone loves the Jersey Tomato! Discover where the tomato originated and why it became one of New Jersey’s favorite crops. Find out with Judith Krall-Russo, food historian, when New Jersey was known for its tomato packing industry and what happened to it.

This program is funded by the Horizons Speakers Bureau of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Register online @ www.wtpl.org or call the library at 908.876.3596.