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22-06-2005, 10:41 PM

Kay wrote:
In article , writes

So, a couple of questions:-
Is it possible in general to grow fruit trees from seed or are
there other issues than vigour (or lack of vigour) that prevent
one doing this?

Seed production is sexual reproduction - in other words, normally the
pollen comes from a different plant (I say 'normally' because some
plants - though not usually apples and pears - are self-fertile and will
pollinate themselves in preference to failing to set seed), and
therefore the 'child' grown from the seed will not necessarily look like
either of its parents.

Of course! It's obvious isn't it, thanks!

We have an apple tree that I think grew from below the graft on a
tree that all but died. It's very vigorous! It's become quite a
sizeable tree in just a couple of years and bears a lot of fruit
already. Is it going to cause us any problems? (We have lots of
space - several acres altogether)

You may eventually need a ladder to pick the fruit ;-)

Well some of our other trees are getting that way too so one more big
tree is hardly a problem.

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Chris Green