Assorted Baby-Sized Edibles

A reader pointed out that an onion is not a fruit. Hey, yeah! Onion isn’t a fruit. Where do they get off putting an onion on the Baby Fruit list?
I wonder what other food is masquerading on the Baby Fruit list as fruit? Let’s have a look.
First, I can’t remember what a “fruit” is exactly. I recall proclaiming that tomatoes were fruit, not vegetables, but what made me say that?
Wikipedia:
In botany, a fruit is a part of a flowering plant that derives from specific tissues of the flower, one or more ovaries, and in some cases accessory tissues. Fruits are the means by which these plants disseminate seeds. Many of them that bear edible fruits, in particular, have propagated with the movements of humans and animals in a symbiotic relationship as a means for seed dispersal and nutrition, respectively; in fact, humans and many animals have become dependent on fruits as a source of food.
In common language usage, "fruit" normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of a plant that are sweet and edible in the raw state, such as apples, oranges, grapes, strawberries, and bananas. On the other hand, the botanical sense of "fruit" includes many structures that are not commonly called "fruits", such as bean pods, corn kernels, wheat grains, and tomatoes.
So, I’m looking for fleshy seed-associated structures. If it doesn’t have seeds and doesn’t have fleshy structures, it isn’t fruit. Let’s see…
Edible in Question           Fleshy Structure     Seeds    Result
Weeks 3 & 4: Poppyseed              No          Yes         NOT fruit
Week 5: Appleseed                        No          Yes         NOT fruit
Week 6: Sweet Pea                       Yes         No          NOT fruit
Week 7: Blueberry                         Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 8: Raspberry                        Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 9: Green Olive                      Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 10: Prune                             Yes         No          NOT fruit
Week 11: Lime                              Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 12: Plum                              Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 13: Peach                            Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 14: Lemon                          Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 15: Navel Orange              Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 16: Avocado                        Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 17: Onion                            Yes         No          NOT fruit
Week 18: Sweet Potato               Yes         No          NOT fruit
Week 19: Mango                           Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 20: Banana                        Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 21: Pomegranate             Yes         Yes         fruit
<div style=”margin: 0in 0in 8pt”>Week 22: Papaya                        Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 23: Grapefruit                    Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 24: Cantaloupe                Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 25: Cauliflower                 Yes         No          NOT fruit
Week 26: Lettuce                        Yes         No          NOT fruit
Week 27: Rutabaga                    Yes         No          NOT fruit
Week 28: Eggplant                     Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 29: Acorn Squash            Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 30: Cucumber                  Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 31: Pineapple                  Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 32: Squash                       Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 33: Durian Fruit                Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 34: Butternut Squash      Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 35: Coconut                      Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 36: Honeydew                  Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 37: Winter melon             Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 38: Pumpkin                    Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 39: Watermelon               Yes         Yes         fruit
Week 40: Jackfruit                      Yes         Yes         fruit
 

                               
Seems like a good place for a pie chart
               
Well, I didn’t see that coming. When 24% of baby-sized edibles on the Baby Fruit list aren’t really fruit, what’s the world coming to? I’m going to have to rethink my entire philosophy of baby comparisons. Until then, Jellybean turns into an avocado today. (The longest avocado that Meg could find at Albertson’s, she was quick to point out. The longest, not the largest.)