A plant that produces both tomatoes and
potatoes, called the TomTato, has been developed for the UK market.
Ipswich-based horticultural firm Thompson and Morgan said the plants
were not genetically modified.
Similar plants have been created in the UK, but the firm said it was
thought to be the first time they had been produced on a commercial scale.
Right the obvious question why has this company felt
the need to develop a TomTato? I’m not exactly keen on the name but as both end
in ‘ato’ so I guess there’s not really much option.
I really don’t see the need for these two to be combined into one mutant plant, there have been attempts to do this in
the past but the taste had been a problem, and if there is even a suggestion
here that this latest effort is lacking in taste it will be an instant
non-starter.
This reminds me of that Simpsons episode, E-I-E-I
(Annoyed Grunt), where Homer grows Tomacco, tomato seeds mixed with tobacco
seeds and a little plutonium thrown in for good measure, that makes for a
hilarious half-hour of animated comedy but I think we should stick to growing
both potatoes and tomatoes in the conventional way.
If you want a more relevant real-world example of
what this is equivalent to it is like a Liger, cross between a male lion and a
female tiger, makes for an interesting one-off, but that’s all it should ever
be a one-off.
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