[Diana in Wisconsin]

All commercial apples are ‘grafted.’ There are a variety of sturdy grafting stocks, and that grafting stock determines nothing more than the HEIGHT of the tree.

I always buy semi-dwarf which never get more than 10’ tall, which is comfortable to pick from a ladder if you’re short like me, or from the ground if you are a 6’3” Beau, LOL!

I have never heard of anyone outside of ‘Johnny Appleseed’ having success with apple trees from seed, but then...how do you explain wild apple trees? We have a number of them on our property.

Must be Aliens! ;)

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Meet the Italian ‘Fruit Detective’ Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings for Clues About Produce That Has Disappeared From the Kitchen Table

Interesting pictures of bull nosed apple! The subject of the article is attempting to conserve vanishing varieties of local Italian fruit.

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Trivia: Fruit Slide! apple root stocks! for dwarfing and disease resistance!

Malling Root stock developed by "East Malling Research Station of the South-Eastern Agricultural College at Wye in Kent, England." Malling Apple Root stocks