Why an Apple Seed Can Grow a Very Different Apple

Why doesn't planting a seed from your favourite apple reliably give you the same apple again? Follow a pip from the kitchen into a flower, a new seedling and the living join in a grafted tree. CHAPTERS 00:00 Same apple again? 00:42 The fruit and its passenger 01:27 Back to the blossom 02:16 A new combination 03:04 The orchard problem 03:55 Keep the chosen shoot 04:41 The living join 05:31 The roots have a say 06:21 Copies still need an orchard 07:11 Where new favourites begin 08:07 Choose the right beginning 08:58 Keep your curiosity growing We explore inherited variation, scions, rootstocks and the difference between creating a new apple and keeping a chosen variety. Subscribe to The Curious Plate for warm, curious stories hiding in everyday food. SOURCES Iowa State University Extension — Can I grow an apple tree from a seed? https://yardandgarden.extension.iasta... Cooperative Extension; Robert Crassweller, Penn State — Why can’t I plant seeds from my apple? https://apples.extension.org/why-cant... Cooperative Extension; Diane Doud Miller, Ohio State — Apple Tree Propagation https://apples.extension.org/apple-tr... University of Maryland Extension — All About Apple Rootstocks (FS-2022-0638) https://www.extension.umd.edu/resourc... University of Minnesota, Minnesota Hardy — Apple breeding at the University of Minnesota https://mnhardy.umn.edu/apples Royal Horticultural Society — How to grow apples https://www.rhs.org.uk/fruit/apples/g... Royal Horticultural Society — Grafting ornamental plants and fruit trees https://www.rhs.org.uk/fruit/fruit-tr... University of Minnesota open horticulture textbook — 8.1 Fruit Morphology — The Science of Plants https://open.lib.umn.edu/horticulture... Cooperative Extension; James Luby, University of Minnesota — Parentage of Apple Cultivars https://apples.extension.org/parentag... Royal Horticultural Society — How plants reproduce https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/underst... University of Minnesota open horticulture textbook — 9.1 Seed Morphology — The Science of Plants https://open.lib.umn.edu/horticulture... #AppleSeeds #Grafting #TheCuriousPlate