Tomato fruits on potato trees?

I found some "fruits" on my potato trees. They look like baby tomatoes but I don't know what they are. Please give me your advice.

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Permalink Reply by Flighty on May 30, 2012 at 16:00

They are the fruit which are poisonous so do not eat them but remove and throw away.

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Permalink Reply by Malagrowther on May 30, 2012 at 20:53

Potatoes and tomatoes and deadly nightshade are all of the same family (Solanaceae) and their green parts are toxic. Also they both are subject to blight. Even a potato tuber exposed to the sunlight is toxic, which is why we are warned not to eat greened potatoes. The sun develops the alkaloids which are poisonous. Curiously tomatoes, even green ones are not poisonous. But don't be tempted, like some have, to garnish them with tomato leaf, or you will have a very sore stomach.

If you want your potato tubers to grow the advice is to remove the potato "apples" and so encourage root development.

ps. Something is eating your potato leaves

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Permalink Reply by ThymeonthePlot on May 30, 2012 at 21:09

All the Solanaceae family (potato) have small tomato like fruits after the flowers but nearly all except tomato and eggplants are poisonous and as is the foliage.