<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 7:45 PM, D via Avodah <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:avodah@lists.aishdas.org" target="_blank">avodah@lists.aishdas.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Though potato and tomato are from the same family, it is clear from mesechte Kilayim, fruit [or animals] that look different are treated as 2 different species.<br>
Hence, though the spuds and tomatoes would be permitted to eat - as with any grafted fruit - it would be ossur for a Yid to grow<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Do you mean because the potato and tomato that we eat look different? You're not comparing apples to apples (pun intended). The fruits of a potato plant look very similar to the fruits of a tomato plant!</div></div></div></div>