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...this business, now worth some $10,000,000 a year, south Georgia farmers can thank Paul Bearing Fulwood Sr., 56. When he was 16, Tifton-born Paul Fulwood ran away from home rather than become a machinist, as his father wanted. He went to Florida and worked on a tomato farm, where he got the idea for the seedling business. At 17, he returned to Tifton, started to raise plants. First year's yield: 35 Ibs. of cabbage seed, some 350 bu. of potatoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: King Tomato | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

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