Re: Are You Happy? and fruits vs. vegetables

In a message dated 3/24/99 6:08:05 AM Pacific Standard Time,
Duncan.McAlpine@PSS.Boeing.com writes:

<<   What do you think are the top five vegetables?  My thoughts are:
 
 Tomato - Some said this is a fruit...hmmm  because it has seeds.
 Carrot
 Corn
 Lettuce
 Beans
 Radish >>

Hi all,   my five favorites are :

tomato,
corn,
snap beans,
peas,
lettuce.

Yes,  tomatoes are, botanically speaking, fruits.  Anything that starts with a
flower and then produces something with the potential for seeds inside is
technically a 'fruit' including beans,  peas, eggplant,  peppers, squash,
okra, and so forth.    If they are not noticably sweet,  we gardeners tend to
consider them 'vegetables'  (a term with no real botanical usage other than at
meal-time) and lump them with vegetative plant parts such as leaves,  roots,
and stems and call them all vegetables.   For example,  cucumbers are
considered 'vegetables' while closely related melons are 'fruits'. 

Janet.
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