zxcvbob wrote:

Buck Turgidson wrote:
As a "teachable moment" with my little kids, I we put some seeds from some
apples we ate in a planter. Now, 6 weeks later, some appear to have
sprouted. Will these do well here in the DC area?

Thanks.



The fruit will probably be awful, but it will be edible. (and it might
be good for jelly, or for pickles, or cider.)

Worst case, it takes 10 years for the trees to bloom, the fruit is
nasty, and you can graft a good variety onto the big branches and
convert it to a good tree. Best case, you discover a wonderful new
apple variety and you can name it.

Don't get his hopes up. The chances for a good apple emerging from a
planted seed are very small. That being said, there are some very famous
apples like the Cox's Orange Pippen that originated from a seedling. The
very word pippen means seed. That was a very chance occurance, and most
orchardists don't waste their time trying to develop new apples from
seedlings.

Sherwin D.



Best regards,
Bob