Look of love: Rod Matless lovingly holds up the
heart-shaped tomato that sprouted in his greenhouse - the gardener sold the
fruit for £16 and donated the cash to the British Heart Foundation
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Rod
Matless, 69, was shocked when he found the fruit in his greenhouse
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The
heart-shaped tomato grew naturally and was not artificially shaped
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The
retired dagger maker said: 'It's very sweet...people just want to hug it'
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He auctioned tomato for £16 and gave
proceeds to British Heart Foundation
· Mr Matless, who lives near Norwich, had
heart attack himself a few years ago
It's not often a tomato
is described as so sweet 'whenever people see it they just want to hug it' -
but this was no ordinary piece of fruit.
The heart-shaped tomato
was grown by retired dagger maker, Rod Matless, who said he was shocked when he
noticed it in his greenhouse while inspecting his latest produce.
Mr Matless, 69, who
suffered a heart attack a few years ago, was so taken aback by the phenomenal
fruit that he decided to sell it at auction and donate the proceeds to
the British Heart Foundation.
The 2.26oz tomato
was bought for £16 on eBay by a woman from Wales - who said she planned to give
it to someone special.
Mr Matless, of
Wymondham, near Norwich, said: 'It was a bit of an obvious thing to do I
suppose.
'I spent a couple of
days thinking about it and I wasn't really sure, but this seems like a good
use.
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