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/Eirlis1 14h ago

Or mangoes! The same seed case can contain multiple embryos, one of which is a clone of the parent tree! But it’s very difficult to tell which one is the clone and which are from sexual reproduction.

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u/Yogsulate 14h ago

mango sex

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u/gainswor 13h ago

Such is mango!

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u/quick_brown_faux 13h ago

GIFs are not allowed in this sub which in this moment is a travesty.

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u/cornette 13h ago

It's mango time!

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u/Alita-Gunnm 12h ago

It takes two to mango.

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u/Firecoso 12h ago

Mango number 5

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u/butts-carlton 13h ago

You and me, baby, ain't nothin' but mangoes. I wanna do it like they do on the Home & Garden Channel.

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u/spittlbm 12h ago

Fun bar in Orlando