Tomatoes Imported

These figures show that in four years 4,578,548 cwt. of tomatoes, estimated at £4,259,815, were imported and consumed. The greater bulk of these imported tomatoes comes from the Canary Islands (604,692 cwt.), the Channel Islands (223,800 cwt.), France (115,500 cwt,), Spain (169,000 cwt.), and Portugal (1700 cwt.). In the same period British market growers probably sent to market five or six times the quantity, say 28,000,000 to 30,000,000 cwt. of tomatoes, and they may be valued roughly at 25s. per cwt. It will thus be seen that Tomato growing is by no means a small industry, and according as the population increases so is the trade likely to maintain its present hold on the community at large.