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So the problem with some fruit plants is they have to be cloned to get the fruit. For example if you plant an apple seed, chances are good that you won't get a
by derekp7 5y ago
So the problem with some fruit plants is they have to be cloned to get the fruit. For example if you plant an apple seed, chances are good that you won't get a desirable apple. You have to plant a bunch of them, wait until they develop fruit, then when you find one that is good you clone it.
- timClicks 5y agoBananas are worse. All of the world's commercial plants are Cavendish bananas, and they are all clones.
- 7thaccount 5y agoYeah. They all used to be Gros Michel (spelling), but they all died out in the 1950s due to disease.
- saalweachter 5y agoThe good news is that all apples are cider apples. So you plant your orchard of hundreds of apple seeds, harvest them for cider, and taste them as you go along.
- hinkley 5y agoI’m waiting to see if my crabapples will be jelly apples, cider apples, or applesauce apples.
- hinkley 5y agoSomething to be said for native fruits here. Usually though cultivars have double to quadruple the amount of meat, though there are exceptions in both sides. The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
- EdwardDiego 5y agoApples are particularly bad, as they're "extreme heterozygotes". Good for avoiding pests in the wild. Bad when you want to plant more of the same tree.