Need help

**"Jeff Lowenfels" j*@gardener.com**

I am sure lots of you have had similar experiences, but this one has me
stumped:  A reader called and asked if it was possible to cross a pepper and
a tomato. I said I didn't think so.

Today he came to my office with a tomato plant. On it were yellow
peppers.......well, when I cut into one, it had the three hollow "sections"
and tasted like a cross between a tomato and a pepper. Very unusual. Each
"Peppertom" had the characteristic shape of a pepper.

The seeds came from one fruit he found last year on a plant grown in a
greenhouse full of peppers and tomatoes. The plants produced red tomatoes,
this one was yellow. They all germinated this year and he has lots of plants
with the same strange fruit.

Is this possible? A cross between a tomato and a bell pepper?  I have a few
pictures and will send them off line to those who might be interested.

Any idea what is going on here?

Cheers,

Jeff L

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