• Turun
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    1215 months 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.

      • @Raiderkev
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        195 months ago

        Lol me too. 30 minutes late I guess.

          • @MrPoopyButthole
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            15 months ago

            Actually, even if you bred an apple tree with itself, due to the genetic recombination of recessive genes, the same thing happens. So it’s more complicated than 50% of the genes missing.

    • @Death_Equity
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      125 months ago

      Human: I love this apple, I will plant its seeds so I can grow more myself.

      Apple tree: Crabapples crabappley

    • @cybervseas
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      75 months ago

      I thought that was what made the meme funny…

    • @rayyy
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      25 months 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.