The Tomato - fruit or vegetable
New Jersey lawmakers will settle the question once and for all.
From
CBS 2 Los Angeles:
Jersey Lawmakers Tackle The Tomato
The humble tomato may technically be a fruit, but lawmakers here consider it a vegetable.
Members of the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Monday approved a measure designating the Jersey tomato as the official state vegetable. A similar proposal is pending in a Senate committee.
Sponsors of the measure get around the fact that the tomato is considered a fruit by using a century-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling that slapped a vegetable tariff on tomatoes, similar to the tax placed on cucumbers, squashes and beans.
Sheesh...
Posted by DaveH at March 8, 2005 2:22 PM
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