Sherwin Dubren wrote in message ...


Perhaps you missed my point. U. of Minnesota might have planted
hundreds of seeds before they found a winner. Plus, who knows what
other genetic tricks these universities do to control their breeding.

the site,

http://www.honeycrisp.org/block.htm

reads,

"In 1991 the Experimental Station, just north of Sturgeon Bay on
Highway 42, received four seedling trees to plant in their test block.
By 1995 the trees were producing apples of such excellent eating and
storage quality there was no difficulty recommending the variety to
the local apple orchards. Honeycrisps are being harvested and sold at
the Wood Orchards and the Seaquist Orchards, while the Lautenbach
Orchard's Honeycrisp trees are probably a year or so away from fruit
production.'"

Are seeds in the same apple identical or have they used tech from area
51?