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Essentially all commercial apple trees are grafted and don't reproduce true to seed. Been this way for almost a century now.
by odie5533 3mo ago
Essentially all commercial apple trees are grafted and don't reproduce true to seed. Been this way for almost a century now.
- dylan604 3mo agoThem doing it for a certain amount of time does not make it any less egregious. I'm not sure if you're just stating fact or wanting to use it as a rebuttal. I hope the former.
- LorenPechtel 2mo agoApples don't breed true. You plant a seed, you have very little idea of whether the apples will be good. This isn't a modern evil, this is simply how apples are.
- icantevenhold 3mo agoThe reality is that it’s not as clear cut like “X is bad/Y is good” as laypeople in this thread assume
- biotinker 3mo agoIt's been that way forever. No apple reproduces true to seed, period. 400 years ago, if you wanted another of your apple tree, you grafted it.