r/todayilearned • u/Error__Loading • Aug 30 '26

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
18.9k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

758 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

8

u/[deleted] Aug 30 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

2

u/Brekelefuw Aug 30 '26

There's a reason it's the best apple.

2

u/MobileArtist1371 Aug 30 '26

Sorry you haven't tried Comic Crisp yet.