What Are Fruits? Alex Wilson, Erin Arms, and Tsung-Chi Chen
Fruits Come From Carpels (Pistil)
Fruits
Vegetables
Nix v. Hedden (1893) Tariff Act of March 3 rd 1883 – Tax on imported vegetables but not fruit Is a tomato a fruit or vegetable?
Fruits vs. Vegetables Part of the plant that has seeds (or would have seeds) Develop from the carpel (pistil) and other associated parts Everything else that is edible Leaves (blade + petiole) Roots Stems (tubers + shoots) Flowers
Pumpkins Specially bred winter squash Members of the Genus Curcurbita Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita mixta, Cucurbita maxima, and Cucurbita moschata Family Cucurbitaceae
Monocot or ‘Dicot’ / (Eudicot)?
Sunflower and Safflower Helianthus annuusCarthamus tinctorius