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GalFisk t1_j6k1hoe wrote

Reply to comment by engin__r in ELI5: Why do so many fruits have seedless varieties but the apple and cherry do not? by JanaCinnamon

Yup, I think it's something like 1 in 40000 seeds that will actually yield a palatable variety. Avocado is similar.

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czbz t1_j6kiavv wrote

Where did you find that 1 in 40000 figure? From what I can see online you can grow and eat apples from seed, it's just a gamble because you don't know what the apples will taste like. Nothing I read said it was extremely unlikely that they will be palatable.

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GalFisk t1_j6m1fw3 wrote

That was from memory, but when I google it I find 1 out of 80000 instead.

Curiously I don't find a good source, only almost the exact same sentence repeated over and over, with slight variations, and the same weird grammatical issue/quirk.

This is the sentence: "Apples do not come true from seed. Actually about 1 in every 80,000 apple trees grown from seed is quality factors good enough to even be considered for evaluation."

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czbz t1_j6mm1id wrote

OK - I think "considered for evaluation" is a much higher standard than palatable. I guess it's only worth considering for commercial evaluation if it seems likely to have some competitive advantage over all the other apple varieties currently available.

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