We have tried it several times with several kinds of apples. The trees are
still too small to bear fruit, but I fully expect to get some nice fruit
from them. They wont taste the same as the apple they came from, but will
revert to what ever one of the parent trees were (I don't remember it will
take the attributes from the root stock or the grafted slip).

I know of a lot of peach and pear trees that were started from seed, and
they all bear very good fruit. They have never missed.

You probably already know this, but maybe some one doesn't and is
interested, but this is the method we used for starting apple seeds. We put
them in moist dirt in a plastic bag. Then we put them in the crisper in the
refrigerator. After a month, we take it out and check the seeds. If they
have not sprouted, we put them back in and leave them for another month. Do
this until they start sprouting. Then transplant them with the sprouts down
and the seed (if it is still attached) up. As it grows, place it outside
more and more so it gets strong enough to stand dup to the wind.


Dwayne


"Jette Randlov" wrote in message
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Have anybody tried it? I am wondering if you save seeds from apples grown
in
a normal garden, the seeds will likely be cross pollinated and the
offspring
F1 - so theoretically the offspring should give fairly healthy, large
apples. The taste cannot be guessed.

I keep hearing people saying that the new tree is highly unlikely to
produce
good/eatable/normal apples. Is that really true?

Would it be worth trying just as a fun experiment? If the offspring is
interesting one could graft it on some existing tree.

Jette