Mihai Cartoaje wrote:
Steve wrote in message ...


course, the person who wrote the paragraph that you quoted, misused
the word "seedling". They should have said they received four young
grafted trees. The cross between Honeygold and Macoun that produced


Could they have been suckers?

I wonder why suckers are not used more often.



Because they have no use.
Suckers from ground level are from the root stock and, unless you
need more rootstock for grafting, they are worthless.
OK, maybe you mean suckers from the one and only original tree.
Sure, that one would be on it's own roots and the sucker would be
just like the parent. Have you ever tried to separate one of those
from the parent apple tree? Try it sometime and I think you will
have your answer.

Steve