[net.legal] Tomato fruit or vegetable

atbowler@watmath.UUCP (Alan T. Bowler [SDG]) (09/20/86)

In article <1817@mb2c.UUCP> mpr@mb2c.UUCP (Mark Reina) writes:
>In article <2258@hammer.UUCP>, seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy) writes:
>> In article <448@aecom.UUCP> werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) writes:
>> 
>> >	Of course, the tomato was legislated to be a vegetable.
>> 
>> So? It *is* a vegetable.
>
>	The tomato is actually a fruit.  This may stun some of you.
>	I know that I wouldn't put on my cereal either.

Obviously it is a fruit, but that in no way precludes it also
being a vegetable.  The 2 sets are not mutually exclusive.