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A horticultural company the U.K. is marketing a revolutionary new plant that grows both tomatoes and potatoes. It is called the TomTato and yields to 500 sweet, cherry-sized tomatoes and a healthy crop white potatoes. Britain's Daily Mail newspaper joked you can now get ketchup and fries the same plant. The company, Thompson and Morgan, began research the possibility of grafting together tomato and potato plants 15 years ago. Paul Hansord, horticultural director the company, said the great thing the plant is that it is not genetically modified any way. He said he knew it was possible to graft the two plants together because they belong to the same plant species.

Mr Hansord explained how the commercial concept developed. He said: " the start, we thought it'd just be a novelty thing to do. But as the trials developed, we realised what we had produced was really high yield, had fantastic flavour and could be done commercially the first time. The TomTato is being dubbed as "veg plot a pot". Hansord said it can be grown or , in a large flower pot or a bag. It is selling at $25 on the company's website. Britain's Telegraph newspaper said: "'Double-crop' plants like the TomTato could be extremely useful the future, as they help populations grow more food smaller spaces."