In advance of the Pittston Tomato Festival this week, here are some fun facts about tomatoes: • The word is pronounced “toe-MAY-toe.” • Fruit or vegetable? Botanically speaking, a fruit. Horticulturally (and legally), a vegetable. In 1893, the U.S. Supreme Court legally classified the tomato as a vegetable because it’s used as one. • Cold or room temperature?

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