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Fruit-bearing said to rise, covering also bottling (8,6)

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I believe the answer is:

heirloom tomato

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'fruit-bearing said' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'rise covering also bottling' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'rise' could be 'loom' (looming is a kind of rising) and 'loom' is found in the answer.
'covering' could be 'mat' (mat is a kind of covering) and 'mat' is found in the answer.
'also' could be 'too' (synonyms) and 'too' is present in the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'heir' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' acts as a link.

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