Nix v. Hedden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nix v. Hedden , , was a case in which the United States Supreme Court addressed whether a tomato was classified as a fruit or a vegetable under the Tariff Act of March 3, 1883, which required ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden
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Botanically speaking, the tomato is a fruit and is classified as a berry. It is a fruit because it is a ripened mature ovary containing seed. One can confirm this by looking up both "fruit" and "tomato" in a dictionary. ... Horticulturally speaking it is defined as a vegetable for two other reasons: 1- it is a...
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www.kdcomm.net/~tomato/debate.htm
www.kdcomm.net/~tomato/debate.htm
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Produce Oasis Tip of the Day - Is the Tomato a Fruit or Vegetable? ... In 1893 , the Supreme Court ruled that the tomato must be considered a vegetable, even though, botanically, it is a fruit. Because vegetables and fruits were subject to different import duties, it was necessary to define it as one or the other.
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The tomato though commonly classified as a vegetable is really a fruit, a berry in fact. Tomato fruits exibit all of the common characteristics of berries. The fruit develops from the ovary of the flower. The tomato is fleshy due to the pericarp walls and skin.
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sanangelo.tamu.edu/agronomy/tomato/anat.html
sanangelo.tamu.edu/agronomy/tomato/anat.html
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When it is all said and done, the history of the tomato has classified as a poisonous beautiful plant, a tax-avoiding fruit, and a taxable vegetable. Nonetheless, the tomato is the most popular vegetable in America and enjoyed by millions all over the world.
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www.tomato-cages.com/tomato-history.html
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The United States Supreme Court entered into this fascinating debate and gave a legal verdict on whether a tomato should be classified as a vegetable or a fruit. They decided unanimously, in Nix versus Hedden, 1883, that a tomato is a vegetable, even though it is a botanical fruit.
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vegetablegardens.suite101.com/article.cfm/fruit_or_vege...
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Chapter 2 General properties of fruit and vegetables; chemical composition and nutritional aspects; ... Botanically, fruits are those portions of the plant which house seeds. Therefore such items as tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, peppers, and others would be classified as fruits on this basis. ... tomato, egg plant...
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www.fao.org/docrep/V5030E/V5030E05.htm
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Botanists (scientists who study plants) classify the tomato (Lycopericon esculentum) technically as a berry, which in a scientific sense, is a simple fruit. But horticulturists (people who cultivate plants) and the United States Department of Agriculture, in its bulletins and reports, classify the tomato as a vegetable.
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www.enotes.com/science-fact-finder/food-nutrition/tomat...
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Botanically-speaking, the tomato is a fruit and can be further classified as a berry since it is pulpy and has edible seeds. Most of us use the tomato as we do vegetables, primarily in savory dishes. In 1893, an importer claimed the tomato ...
http://homecooking.about.com/od/cookingfaqs/f/faqtomato...
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