And by depicting details like Ghent landmarks, botanically identifiable flowers, and lifelike faces, the Altarpiece pioneered an artistic mode that would come to be known as Realism.
And yes, before you start writing angry comments, I know that it's botanically classified as a fruit, but you must admit that it's kind of more vegetable-y.
Botanically the tomato is a fruit. Do you expect to find tomatoes in a fruit salad? Most probably not. But the ubiquitous tomato will appear in every vegetable salad.
And even at that time the English regarded them with suspicion and they were seldom eaten because many believed that they were poisonous and in fact they are botanically related to the deadly nightshade family of plants.