[Goosegirl]

My neighbour took this pic of her potatoes with what looks like tomatoes on the end. I believe pots and toms are in the same family so are these potato "fruits" resulting from their flowers?

[New shoot]

Yes they are related and those are the fruits of the potato plant, but they are poisonous.  If your neighbour has children, best remove them and put them in the bin out of harms way 

[New shoot]

The potato fruits of course, not the children 

[Goosegirl]

So it's not in the "Sin Bin" then??? 

[JoshP]

They are called potato apples, some varieties have them and some don't.

[moose]

I have read that you can grow potatoes from them. There are a blogs out there explaining how to but it all seems to be a bit of a faff- especially for a no-faff gardener.

[Aunt Sally]

That's why we don't do it

[Growster...]

Years ago, I heard of some old boys who used their tomato leaves as a kind of tobacco...

But that was many, many years ago, so don't worry, we're not back onto an E-Spud post...

;0)

[Salmo]

I have read that you can grow potatoes from them. There are a blogs out there explaining how to but it all seems to be a bit of a faff- especially for a no-faff gardener.

How else do you think new varieties of potatoes are produced.

From cross pollinating the first flowers to marketing a new commercial variety takes many years.