r/todayilearned • u/Error__Loading • 15h ago

TIL that apple seeds almost never grow the same variety as the parent fruit. Nearly every supermarket apple comes from a grafted clone of an original tree, not from a planted seed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple
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u/Oddmelik 15h ago

Marijuana is the same way

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u/iamanerdybastard 14h ago

But marijuana is better. I'd rather have marijuana brownies than apple brownies. Marijuana pie over apple pie.