Stan writes:

> Stuart, obviously highly intelligent, writes:
>
>  > I came up with 7 and an onion.
>
>  So did I ...
>  (Well, first I rejected rejected avocado and tomato as not being
>  vegetables)

I haven't had time today to even look at the puzzle, but I have seen the
answers flow by -- and I understand Paul is waiting for me to say something
wholly succulent -- so let me quickly say this regarding Stan's comment about
what is a fruit and what is a vegetable:

All plants are vegetables. The words are biological synonyms, thus broccoli is
a vegetable, and so is an oak tree. On the other hand, a fruit is just a part
of the plant: the ripened ovary of a plant (generally containing seeds, except
as we previously discussed, under the conditions of parthenocarpy &
parthenocony :-). Avocados, tomatos, acorns, pine cones, and bermuda grass
seeds are all fruits. Potatoes (edible tubers), carrots (edible roots) and
other roots and tubers are not fruits, but they are vegetables, or are at
least parts of the vegetable.

There. Pithy -- and to the point, without being overly tart :-).

Wirt Atmar