who decided that the tomato is a fruit?

Question

i still say it's a vegi

Answer 1

It's a fruit because it has seeds on the inside.

Answer 2

Botanically speaking, anything that bears seeds is a fruit. The fruit forms from the reproductive part of the plant, i.e., the flower. The ovary of the flower becomes the fruit and inside the seeds form. So a tomato comes from the flower and inside are the seeds. So it is a fruit. A nut is a seed and the shell is the fruit. Anything from a part of the plant that is not the flower is vegetative, i.e., does not reproduce. So leaves, stems and roots
are vegetables. So lettuce, carrots and potatoes are vegetables.

However, to answer your question about who decided, you'd be surprised at the answer. In 1893 they had their day in the highest court of the land. Are tomatoes a fruit or a vegetable? Ponder that--and that's exactly what the Supreme Court did beginning on April 24, 1893 when tomatoes were elevated to the highest perch in the land, the United States Supreme Court. It's hard to imagine that tomatoes were the subject of a Supreme Court decision that officially labeled them a vegetable.
Under the Schedule G.-Provisions of the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883, there were tariffs placed on tomatoes imported from the West Indies because they were considered a vegetable, and imported vegetables were subject to tariffs. The case originated on February 4, 1887 when the Nix Family sued Edward L. Hedden, tax collector of the port of New York to recover back duties collected on their tomatoes.

Webster's Dictionary was consulted, along with Worcester's Dictionary and the Imperial Dictionary for the definitions of "fruit" and "vegetable." The passages from the dictionaries defined "fruit" as the seed of plants, or that part of plants which contains the seed, and especially the juicy, pulpy products of certain plants, covering and containing the seed. According to the court, "These definitions have no tendency to show that tomatoes are 'fruit" as distinguished from 'vegetables,' in common speech, or within the meaning of the tariff act."

The court decision on May 10, 1893 in Nix vs. Hedden stated, "Botanically, tomatoes are considered a fruit of the vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans, and peas. But in common language of people, whether sellers or consumers of provisions, all these are vegetables which are grown in kitchen gardens, and which, eaten cooked or raw, are, like potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnips, beets, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, and lettuce, usually served at dinner in, with, or after the soup, fish, or meats which constitute the principal part of the repast, and not like fruits generally, as dessert."

Answer 3

The same people who decided a potato is a veggie I suppose.

Answer 4

at the end of the day, it is still a tomato and tastes like one.

Answer 5

The Indians and the Pilgrims did I would guess

Answer 6

fruits have seeds in side them , vegetables are parts of plant or are the American president

Answer 7

I think because it has seeds inside or some crap like that. I consider it a veg, too

Answer 8

The FDA but it is still a veggi in my book.

Answer 9

The FDA, food and drug administration, they also control the food pyramid.

Answer 10

Well, lets see, it fits the definition of a fruit.

Duh!!!!