Every named apple variety is a clone. Plant a pip from a great apple and you do not get the same fruit back — you get a genetic wildcard. Good varieties survive by grafting living shoots from the original tree onto new roots, sometimes for centuries. If the last tree dies before anyone takes a cutting, that variety can truly disappear.
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indiefoodblog.blogspot.comEvery Apple Is a ClonePlant an apple pip and you get a spitter, every named apple is a clone of one freak tree. On grafting, Johnny Appleseed’s cider & edible immortality.
