Apple varieties are nearly 100% clones, we dont ever grow orchards from seed. They clone the apples trees from cuttings and grafts.
We can also do this super easily with oranges. Say you have a really nice seedless orange, you just need to cut off a growth bud and allow it to set root.
Apple breeding sometimes requires seeds. There are ways that you can breed plants without seeds using tissue culture techniques that revert adult cells into embryonic plant cells.
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Reply to comment by Twin_Spoons in ELI5: Why do so many fruits have seedless varieties but the apple and cherry do not? by JanaCinnamon
Apple varieties are nearly 100% clones, we dont ever grow orchards from seed. They clone the apples trees from cuttings and grafts.
We can also do this super easily with oranges. Say you have a really nice seedless orange, you just need to cut off a growth bud and allow it to set root.
Apple breeding sometimes requires seeds. There are ways that you can breed plants without seeds using tissue culture techniques that revert adult cells into embryonic plant cells.