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A company is marketing a new plant that grows tomatoes and potatoes. It is called the TomTato and gives to 500 sweet tomatoes plus a healthy of potatoes. A newspaper you can now get ketchup and fries from the same plant. The company began research into the together of tomato and potato plants 15 years ago. The company's horticultural said the great thing is that the plant is not modified in any way. He said he knew it was possible to graft the two plants together because they to the same .

The director explained how the idea developed. He said: "At the start, we thought it'd just be a thing to do. But as the developed, we realised what we had produced was really yield, had fantastic and could be done commercially for the first time. The TomTato is called the "veg in a pot" and is selling for $25. It can be inside or outside, in a large pot or in a bag. Britain's Telegraph newspaper said double-crop plants like the TomTato could be useful in the future as people grow more food in smaller .

 


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