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Vinny
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"The problem with retirement is that you never get a day off"- Abe Lemons
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Veggie
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So they crossed a tomato with a snapdragon and bred a purple tomato! Seems pointless when purple tomatoes already exist. If they'd bred a purple dragon it may have been worthwhile.
The Moneyless Chicken says:-
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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Small chilli
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I’m with you two on this.
It’s buggering about with nature just because they can. I see no benefit from it at all. Apart from the spoiled brat syndrome “look what I can do” .
Builder that would like to go play in the garden.
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toomanytommytoes
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Probably just a novelty. Most purple tomatoes don't taste very nice to me and I'd prefer to eat berries for anthocyanins.
"Liz O'Neill from the campaign group GM Freeze said tomatoes are red for a reason." - Liz clearly needs to expand her tomato horizons. 
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Vinny
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As far as I know they are all members of the 'Nightshade' (Solonacaea) family so red would be a warning I imagine? Having said that, in a potato, green would do you harm!
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Veggie
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Deadly Nightshade fruits are black/purple - the same colour as the GM tomatoes!
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"The scientists in Norwich that developed the purple tomato have now set up a company in California called Norfolk Healthy Produce. They hope to sell its concept."
Looks like the real reason.
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