A fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society has doubts as to whether a tomato is a vegetable or a fruit. It is generally considered a matter of opinion, but he says that it in' definitely a fruit becauso it comes from the flower of tho tomato plant. Everything which fertilises from the flower of a plant is classified as fruit. Thus cucumbers and marrows are both, botanically, fruits. Despite this the Royal Horticultural Society's book says that a tomato is both fruit and vegetable, and in shows tomatoes are always exhibited among vegetables.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 81, 2 October 1929, Page 20
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