Finally, something we can agree upon! REAL tomatoes, those luscious, pulpy fruits that demand warmth and sun, are a gift from heaven. The closest that we seem to come to them here in the stores are the cherry and grape tomatoes, but even those  only serve to remind us of what we sacrifice by living so far north.

Of course, tomatoes are fruits, specifically berries, being the mature ovaries of flowering plants. Other fruits include types of nuts, pea and bean pods, the berries of the eggplant, dandelion "fluff", the winged fruits of maple and ash, and many other forms that most people would not associate the the term "fruit".

One suggestion, Mr. Jenkins. Those who incorporate proper scientific (species) names into their articles should also conform to the protocols of scientific nomenclature.

Or just call a tomato a tomato.