西红柿是蔬菜还是水果?多数人可能会毫不犹豫地回答是蔬菜,考究的学者可能会按照植物学的定义将之归为水果。这个争论听起来煞是热闹。就在一百多年前的美国,西红柿是蔬菜还是水果的问题居然闹上了最高法院。事件源于美国1883年的《关税法》,其中规定进口蔬菜要缴纳高达10%的税,而水果则不用。当时纽约海关认为西红柿是蔬菜,须交税。约翰·尼克斯等人是做进口西红柿生意的,他们可能认真研习了一番植物学知识,决定钻钻空子,于1887年将纽约港海关税收 Whether the tomatoes are vegetables or fruits? Most people may not hesitate to answer yes, vegetables, well-known scholars may according to the definition of botanic will be classified as fruit. This debate sounds really lively. Just over a hundred years ago in the United States, the problem of tomatoes or vegetables actually caught the Supreme Court. The incident stems from the United States Tariff Act of 1883, which stipulated that the import of vegetables to pay up to 10% of the tax, while the fruits do not. New York Customs at the time considered tomatoes as vegetables and was subject to tax. John Knicks and others who are doing business in imported tomatoes, they may seriously study some of the botany knowledge, decided to exploit the loopholes in New York in 1887, the customs tax revenue