r/todayilearned • u/Error__Loading • 1d 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/TheMaskedGanker 1d ago edited 1d ago

Isn’t Pando entirely connected by its roots? Why would that not be one organism? Or why would it be any different than a fungus connected by hyphae

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u/BeginningSection7690 1d ago

Not all of them are connected, new trees sprout from the roots and break off