[Opinion] Sean of the South | The Tomato Elegy - The Observer

Sean of the South | The Tomato Elegy - The Observer

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — Thank you for the care package, Miss Paula. Thank you for the cute basket of homemade jams with handwritten labels. Do you know how long it’s been since I had mayhaw jelly? A long time.But most importantly, thank you for the tomatoes.Tomatoes are my favorite “non-vegetable” vegetable. I was recently informed by a smart person that tomatoes are — technically — a “fruit” because they are the ripened “ovary” of a flowerin…