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Old 07-09-2007, 05:57 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Help with Lemon Tree (grown from seed)

Lar wrote:
You probably will never get an edible fruit. What is growing will be

the
root stock used for the parent tree.

Lar



Doesn't anyone study genetics anymore? How would the rootstock of a
grafted tree affect the DNA of the flowers?

Regardless of whether it was grafted or not, apples seedlings rarely
produce good fruit, but citrus seedlings often produce good fruit.

Bob