scutiger , 4 months ago crop inbreeding. (Is that even a thing?) Apples are propagated by grafting because the fruit are not true to seed. If you plant a seed, you have no idea what the fruit will be like. So they take known good trees and graft a part of them onto existing root stock of a compatible tree. So breeding isn’t really a thing for apples.
crop inbreeding. (Is that even a thing?)
Apples are propagated by grafting because the fruit are not true to seed. If you plant a seed, you have no idea what the fruit will be like. So they take known good trees and graft a part of them onto existing root stock of a compatible tree.
So breeding isn’t really a thing for apples.