Wired News: Simpsons Plant Seeds of Invention: "Rob Baur of Lake Oswego, Oregon, dreamed of bringing to life his favorite The Simpsons episode, one from 1999 in which Homer grows 'tomacco,' a combination tomato-tobacco plant. Even though it tastes foul and has a brown, gooey center, the entire town becomes addicted to the fruit after one bite, and Homer gets rich.
In The Simpsons 'E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)' episode, Bart eats a tomacco fruit and claims it 'tastes like cigarrette butts.' When questioned why he continues to eat them, he replies, 'It does (taste terrible). But it's smooth and mild -- and refreshingly addictive.'By growing tomato and tobacco plants from seed and grafting them together, Rob Baur created a tomato plant with tobacco roots. The leaves and fruit of the tomato top have nicotine in them.Growing the plants side by side, Rob Baur cut their stems open and wrapped them together. When the plants fused, he severed the tomato root, leaving the tobacco root intact.
Baur grafted a tomato plant onto tobacco roots, and voil�, he had a real, live tomacco plant. The two plants can successfully become one because they come from the same plant family, which also includes eggplant and the deadly nightshade. The tomacco even bore fruit, although Baur said he believes it's poisonous because it likely contains a lethal amount of nicotine."
In The Simpsons 'E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)' episode, Bart eats a tomacco fruit and claims it 'tastes like cigarrette butts.' When questioned why he continues to eat them, he replies, 'It does (taste terrible). But it's smooth and mild -- and refreshingly addictive.'By growing tomato and tobacco plants from seed and grafting them together, Rob Baur created a tomato plant with tobacco roots. The leaves and fruit of the tomato top have nicotine in them.Growing the plants side by side, Rob Baur cut their stems open and wrapped them together. When the plants fused, he severed the tomato root, leaving the tobacco root intact.
Baur grafted a tomato plant onto tobacco roots, and voil�, he had a real, live tomacco plant. The two plants can successfully become one because they come from the same plant family, which also includes eggplant and the deadly nightshade. The tomacco even bore fruit, although Baur said he believes it's poisonous because it likely contains a lethal amount of nicotine."
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