Summary

In the article titled "Is Tomato a Fruit?" Rebecca Rupp discusses the difference between fruits and vegetables, and if they really are what people say they are. First, Rupp points out "a fruit is an entity that develops from the fertilized ovary of a flower. This means that tomatoes, squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, peppers, eggplants, corn kernels, and bean and pea pods are all fruits; so are apples, pears, peaches, apricots, melons, and mangos". Next, she informs readers that vegetables are "botanically, is any edible part of a plant that doesn't happen to be a fruit, as in leaves (spinach, lettuce, cabbage) roots, (carrots, beets, turnips), stems (asparagus), tubers (potatoes), bulbs (onions), and flowers (cauliflower and broccoli). Also, Rupp explains, finding humor, that the way they taste shows why fruit is so tempting. In addition, Rupp mentions that even Saint Augustine stole a few pairs back in the day. Finally, Rupp concludes by stating that Mark Twain even got caught stealing a watermelon, and that no one would go through that much trouble for a vegetable.