mystery tomato
rocketman
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in Fruit & veg
I have grown some Spanish Monserrat toms in the greenhouse. I have also had a few strawberries in pots in the greenhouse.
Today I cut into one of the large tomatoes and what was inside......a perfectly formed strawberry. Red with all the external seeds on it but tasting like a tomato!!! Never seen anything like it. Explanations please!!
(See photo attached
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Photoshop hybridisation
In the sticks near Peterborough
And nearly as big as a football.
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
That was my thinking too!
OMG , it's a miracle. God does exist.
yeah, whatever.
I know it looks like a fake but believe me it's real. Take a look at the attached photo taken the day before when I picked it.
I've got Kew Gardens on the case. Will report back
It seems you are not alone.
http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.co.uk/2006/08/alien-tomato.html
"Stuffing tomatoes".
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
The photo in this article looks similar and it is the same variety of tomato.
http://www.gourmandbreaks.com/blog/montserrat-tomatoes/
When I took the photo of the open tom I tried to get closer in so as to show the external seeds on the strawberry. The size is an optical illusion but it did weigh in at just under one pound.
I can understand people being sceptical. I would if I hadn't been there.
All I want is a horticultural expert to tell me how and why
If you are sure it is not a photoshop job ... it's just the way it grows. Montserrat tomatoes do not fill their fruit with flesh and juice, instead the seeds cluster round the core like a bell pepper.
http://www.foodswinesfromspain.com/spanishfoodwine/global/products-recipes/products/more-about-products/4482451.html
T&M used to sell Striped Cavern toms that were/are similarly hollow.