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Charles wrote:

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:51:18 GMT, "Vox Humana"
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It is my understanding that all apples grown for eating come from grafted
trees. The apples do no pass on a clone of their own genes and the apples
that come from seeds are inferior. "Johnny Appleseed" apparently planted
trees to bear fruit intended for the production of hard cider. You may have
a tree from the seed, but it could be one that is prone to disease and
produce inferior fruit.



It may be inferior, or it may not. The tree I have, Dorset Golden, is
listed as a chance seedling found in Bermuda. Good apples and very
low chilling requirements.

The tree will probably be inferior, but it may be superior, no way to
tell without trying.

fun to grow your own, as long as you have reasonable expectations.

I'd say, if you have the space to spare, go for it.

That's the fun part about gardening--the experiments!

Rob
http://www.hammerandsaw.com



Yup, six years ago I stuck some seeds from a citrus I was eating
in a pot of soil. People said they probably wouldn't germanate.

Two came up. People here locally said the sprouts probably
wouldn't last long. One has survived, transplanted into a 22 inch pot.

Then people said it probably would never bloom and even if it did it
would more 'n likely be sterile and not produce any fruit. This year it
finally bloomed for the first time and has about 2 dozen citrus on it
up to an inch and a half across. Now I'm getting " The fruit will
probably taste like crap " from them. We'll see, so far the nay sayers
are batting zero.

You may be wondering why I keep saying citrus. To tell the truth, I
plumb forgot what type of citrus it was I was eating when I stuck the
seeds in the ground. I do remember thinking it was a most excellent
fruit, which is why I stuck the seeds in an unused pot. Now I've had
months of expectation anticipating how they're going to taste.

You just can't buy entertainment like this. Some friends even have a
lottery going as to what it's going to be.

Who said gardening is boring?

Bill who was privledged to see a most excellent rainbow this
evening while enjoying the fragrances wafting off his Sweet Autumn
Clematis and Angels Trumpet, living la vida loca.
Waves Hi to Maddy


Citrus often *does* grow true from seed. Sometimes citrus seeds will
grow 2 plants instead of one, and I've read that one of those will be a
clone of the mother plant. I don't know if it's the larger or the
smaller sprout, but if you only keep seedlings from seeds that grow 2
shoots, and you seperate and keep both seedlings, at least 50% should be
good.

Apples never grow true from seed, and seldom are very good, but at least
an apple tree that you grew from a seed will be *unique* :-)

Best regards,
Bob


Yup, the worse that could happen is the tree dies. The best, he gets a
good tasting apple. Most likely, he gets a shade tree, but the kid gets
to, mayby, develop an interest in growing things and that's the
important part.

Bill