Tomatoes – a Fruit or a Vegetable?

Many of you have heard the question as to whether tomatoes are a fruit or vegetable, and have probably heard conflicting as to which is the case. Which is it? Well, the answer goes all the way back to 1893. It seems that imported vegetables at the time had a 10% tariff placed on them. Imported fruits, on the other hand, had no such tariff. A man by the name of John Nix (a Manhattan wholesaler)…