Today in Entrepreneurial History: May 10

By Dane Carlson on May 10, 2013 in History

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Today in 1893, the tomato legally became a vegetable in the United States.

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.

Here’s more of the story.

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Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park. He accidentally became a professional blogger in 2001. He has added 12,203 posts to the site.