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["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

There are a couple of apples that are more true to parent from seed.  I  
believe Fameuse (Snow) is one of them.

What accounts for this I am unsure.

Later,
Tom

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:43:33 -0700, Mark Lee <markl@nytec.com> wrote:

> It is well known that apples don't come true from seed.  The apple
> seedlings will rarely produce fruit that is the same as the mother tree.
> An article I read today says this is because apples tend to result from
> cross-pollination, not self pollination.  I know that apples benefit
> from cross-pollination, but I don't think that explains why apples vary
> so much between generations.  Can someone with a better grasp of
> genetics than I have explain what is going on.
>
> -Mark Lee, Seattle



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