Potato Fruit

For the past few years we have planted a second garden on some space loaned to us on a near-by farm. Today when the children and I went over to weed the potatoes, we were surprised to find small green "tomatoes" growing on one of the plants.

cross pollination?

At first I though that we might be dealing with cross pollination. After all, tomatoes and potatoes are closely related members of the nightshade family. However, when we began finding more fruit on other plants in the garden, I decided that these must be actual potato fruit. Sure enough, a quick search online led me to a site which explains all about these strange green fruit. If you ever find any growing on your own potato plants DON'T eat them. They are poisonous. Really, really cool, but also really poisonous.

potato fruit!