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Turun@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Actually, apple varieties are preserved via grafting. If you take an apple seed, the tree that will grow from it only has 50% of the DNA of the tree that made the apple. So there is absolutely no guarantee that the taste was preserved across generations.

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NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Damn it! That was my bit of esoteric plant kkowlwdge

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- Raiderkev@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Lol me too. 30 minutes late I guess.
  
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fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
TIL :)

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Death_Equity@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Human: I love this apple, I will plant its seeds so I can grow more myself.

Apple tree: Crabapples crabappley

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SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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cybervseas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I thought that was what made the meme funny…

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rayyy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Apple grafting is incredibly easy and cheap. All you need is a bit of knowledge, a utility knife, cheap flagging tape and ordinary waterproof wood glue. Planning to procure scions and watching for the bark slip is necessary - usually right around when buds start to break. My first graft was successful. Now I graft all the time. Peaches were a problem for me until I learned that they must be grafted after blossoms drop - usually later than ideal apple grafting time.

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