PHThe tomato is legally a vegetable.
as the saying goes, "intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad." well, apparently intelligence is also a way to squeeze a bit more tax money out of taxpayers.
in 1893, according to story from npr, the u.s. supreme court declared them a vegetable for taxation purposes in the case of nix v. hedden. nix, a produce company, wanted to declare the tomato a fruit—based on its actual biological classification, in addition to the lower tax rate that fruits carried—while hedden, a new york tax collector, argued it should be declared a vegetable—based on its practical use as a vegetable, in addition to the additional tax he could collect as a result of the higher tax rate for vegetables. the ruling was that the tomato was commonly known was a vegetable, and should be taxed as such.
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