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QUINCE - FRUIT OR VEGETABLE?

By MattHews

17 August 2008

Question to a quiz contestant worth £20,000 . The contestant answered 'vegetable' and lost her money!

Quince - Fruit or Vegetable?

A tomato's a vegetable and also a fruit,
A carrot is a vegetable and also a root,
A cauliflower's a flower and also a veg -
All are vegetables, and so is my hedge.

No, I can't eat my hedge.
But, it's still a veg.

'Tatoes and cherries, savoury or sweet,
Chestnuts and parsnips and sugar beet,
Blackberries and guavas are good to eat,
Mustard and peppers, oats and wheat,
And mushrooms and truffles - Oh what a treat!

So, I'll make my point without hesitation:
All these things are vegetation -
Edible flowers, green leaves and roots,
Berries and nuts - all are vegetable,
Though some aren't fruits!

And now, dear friends, the very big question:
"For twenty grand, love, give me a label -
A quince is - A fruit or a vegetable?

Reviews

Rhubarb
Written by fellpony (1749 comments posted) 17th August 2008

has a similar image problem! Clever stuff.

Thanks, Fellpony
Written by MattHews (45 comments posted) 17th August 2008

I'm delighted! Malcolm

Written by Veronica_Milvus (768 comments posted) 17th August 2008

No, I can't eat my hedge.
But, it's still a veg.

Great line! Liked it - deals with a "thorny problem".

Quinces I think are technically fruits but I am not much of a botanist. A fun poem.

Refreshing!
Written by Katanga (1537 comments posted) 17th August 2008

Just found this!

A sweet cool juice of poetry that has refreshed the parts of me that other poems on this site of late haven't reached.

More please!

Cheers!

John X

Enjoyed this!
Written by Brett (1001 comments posted) 17th August 2008

Some good lines, smooth rhymes - all made the better by that awful wrenched rhyme at the end which is delicious!
Cheers

Wrenched indeed!
Written by Katanga (1537 comments posted) 17th August 2008

Yes - that last line does it for me!

Along with the rest of it.

Phwooooooargh!

John X

Written by mia_ms_kim (1057 comments posted) 17th August 2008

I found this very entertaining. This makes me wonder how insufficient the categories we have devised are.

Mia

Written by Robru (272 comments posted) 18th August 2008

I love this one, a fun poem with an unanswerable query to finish. I won't try to answer and I love gardening.
I'll just enjoy my quinces.

Cheers

Bob

Thanks to all for your interest in quinc
Written by MattHews (45 comments posted) 18th August 2008

Fruitful
Written by MattHews (45 comments posted) 18th August 2008

Sorry, everybody - I've still got to get the hang of this!

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