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Originally Posted by julvr
We have an apple tree in our back yard. One half flowers pink, and
the other half flowers white. It looks a bit odd as the pink side
flowers first. Someone told us that the tree is actually two
different species... I'm not sure how that's possible -- I didn't get
that far in biology. Has anyone seen somthing like this before?
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Yes, it's quite normal, I've seen some with 3 varieties on the same tree.
It's done by grafting from the different varieties onto the host. Most apple trees are grafted onto a smaller host, to prevent them growing too large
