[pbs] permanent clones??
John Bryan
johnbryan at worldnet.att.net
Mon Jul 5 14:56:54 EDT 2004
Dear Diane:
Yes sports have been found, but the basic clone is still the same.
Cheers, John E. Bryan
Diane Whitehead wrote:
>
> > 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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