diff --git a/app/controllers/fruits_controller.rb b/app/controllers/fruits_controller.rb
index a43833f..637caa0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/fruits_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/fruits_controller.rb
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@ class FruitsController < ApplicationController
     def create
         render json: Fruit.create(params["fruit"])
     end
+
+    def delete
+        render json: Fruit.delete(params[:id])
+    end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/fruit.rb b/app/models/fruit.rb
index 04f32be..30a533d 100644
--- a/app/models/fruit.rb
+++ b/app/models/fruit.rb
@@ -27,4 +27,9 @@ class Fruit
         results = DB.exec("INSERT INTO fruits (name, color, readytoeat) VALUES ( '#{opts["name"]}', '#{opts["color"]}', #{opts["readyToEat"]} );")
         return Fruit.new(opts)
     end
+
+    def self.delete(id)
+        results = DB.exec("DELETE FROM fruits WHERE id=#{id};")
+        return { deleted: true }
+    end
 end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 598e466..caddaa0 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   # get('/fruits', { :to => 'fruits#index' })
   get '/fruits/:id', to: 'fruits#show'
   post '/fruits', to: 'fruits#create'
+  delete '/fruits/:id', to: 'fruits#delete'
 end