Shelah Horvitz Wrote:
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> Yet I've read — I believe on this forum — that a good way to
> grow a healthy Kingston Black in a region where it
> usually is sickly, is to raise it from seed.
> Does this mean that *some* apples can be grown
> from seed and they will breed true
NO!!!
A Kingston Black seed will not give you a Kingston Black tree!
It will be as different from it's Kingston Black mother as you may be different from your parents.
However, this Kingston Black seedling could become a great cider apple, even better than its parent - it is possible. This is simply genetic odds.
This being said, I think it is a good idea to sow apple pips and evaluate what comes from them. However, one should not expect to obtain something identical to the parent.
Claude
Jolicoeur OrchardZone 4 in Quebec
Author,
The New Cider Maker's Handbook