On Sun, 7 Mar 2021 17:05:00 -0000 (UTC), Mike Duffy >
wrote:

>On Sun, 07 Mar 2021 08:37:00 -0500, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
>> I save tomato seeds from year to year [...]
>> Some varieties breed true, others [...]
>> with interesting results.
>>
>> [...] I got some terrific fruits
>
>Be wary of Nightshade. They look (& apparently taste) like a sweet tiny
>cherry tomato. I'm not sure how much as adult can eat, but a few can kill
>a small child, especially if not quite ripe.
>
>I thought they could interbreed with tomatoes, but I just checked and the
>concensus opinion seems to be 'unlikely'.

One of the reasons that Europe was slow to accept tomatoes, brought
from the new world, was the resemblance to "deadly nightshade."