well if region has anything to do with i live in new jersey and love my tomatoes. Oh we grow the most delicious ones in our garden out back, all kinds, and they are delicious. Reds and yellows, big and small, round and abnormal. just perfect for salads, sauces, soups, and sliced for bruschetta, basil, and mozzarella. Ah, nothing like a small sweet cherry tomato in the summer heat or a fresh slice on a high piled sandwich.

and tomato is a fruit.