4 AUGUST 2007, Page 17

Not the only fruit

Sir: It's good to scoff at the EU, but can there be an end to the vexatious and piffling insistence that the tomato is a fruit (Letters, 28 July)? Botanically speaking it is, but so are chillies, capsicums, French beans, aubergines, courgettes and all the other squashes. Next, I'll get on to 'Islam is a religion of peace'.

David Parker New Malden, Surrey