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

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