[pbs] permanent clones??
Diane Whitehead
voltaire at islandnet.com
Mon Jul 5 14:29:07 EDT 2004
> Re clones, surely our apple clones, Cox's
>Orange Pippin, as an example, is still the same today as many years ago?
>The same with all other fruit clones that have been around, some for
>well over 100 years. Why have they not changed?
If you look at a fruit tree catalogue, you will see that there are
changes. A bud may sport, is propagated, and then you end up with
something like "Scarlet Cox". I don't think Cox has done this, but
lots of other apples have.
Diane Whitehead
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