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sfxer001 t1_j1yywsk wrote

Reply to comment by evclides in TIL that Persian limes, the fruit that most Americans and Europeans know as simply “limes” are actually a hybrid of lemons and real limes, what we call “Key limes” today by evclides

Apples are all hybrids too and it is fascinating.

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arcanum7123 t1_j1zx9dt wrote

Also, apple seeds do not produce their parent plant. To make a specific variety of apple, you have to clone a tree from a cutting

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evclides OP t1_j20hvqn wrote

That’s why Johnny Appleseed was so important, the fact that he threw appleseeds all over an insane amount of land that created an amazing diversity of apple varietals. The vast majority of them were probably disgusting but 1/8 of a percent of 1m is still 12.5k.

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Great-Tical t1_j21hk9o wrote

A majority of his orchards were uprooted during Prohibition. Some cideries are trying to bring back some of his hybrids.

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evclides OP t1_j222jf5 wrote

I only recently learned that cider was America’s drink before the temperance movement, but because Germans tended to be less into teetotalerism than Anglos, beer survived but cider didn’t, until recently. I love cider.

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UnkindPotato t1_j223nrx wrote

I used to like beer and wine until I tried cider. Havent been able to genuinely enjoy beer or wine since

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dial-upconnection t1_j20c09o wrote

This applies to avocado seeds as well.

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hkspowers t1_j20m23b wrote

Well damn... I did not know that applied to avacados as well. I've been growing one from seed for a few years now :( What if I buy one from a nursery would those usually be clones capeable of producing fruit?

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Ok-Seaworthiness4488 t1_j20o08o wrote

I've read it can take seven years to produce fruit and not all trees will. And of those many won't taste good and need other avocado trees to pollinate.Nursery ones I think will, grafting from a producing tree is another way.

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ZylonBane t1_j216toi wrote

>Apples are all hybrids too and it is fascinating

Oops, all hybrids!

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