• @spongebue
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    2613 hours ago

    It’s a grapefruit x mandarin hybrid. We’ve been cross-breeding species for, well, ever. Some foods you’re familiar with may be hybrids and you don’t even realize it

    • don
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      812 hours ago

      The lemon is a hybrid of the bitter orange and citron.

        • Nougat
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          110 hours ago

          Apples are different. Apple seeds from a particular tree will grow some other kind of apple. The seeds are genetically different from the parent tree, and most of them are not tasty. The ones that turn out to be tasty are grown into new plants from cuttings.