ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoJohnny Appleseed planting apple trees for kids to eatdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square193linkfedilinkarrow-up11.38Karrow-down12file-text
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Actually I looked up the real story of Johnny Appleseed and he was more about making hard cider and selling land. 🙃
minus-squarescholar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoYou can graft different kinds of fruit as well so the tree can have some branches with one variety and different branches with another.
minus-square87Six@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoWait a minute Are you telling me a tree can produce different types of fruit? Am I reading that right? A SINGLE tree??? What in the frankenstein bullshit is that???
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month agoYes, it can literally be done. Works best if the tree species are closely related. However, you can also get trees from different genus working together, so enjoy pears on an apple tree
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agopeach, plum and cherry get along well
minus-squarescholar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoYes, most commonly just different varieties of a fruit, but sometimes completely different fruits. You can have apples and pears, plums, you name it. They can be quite pretty because the different branches will blossom and bear fruit at different times.
You can graft different kinds of fruit as well so the tree can have some branches with one variety and different branches with another.
Wait a minute
Are you telling me a tree can produce different types of fruit? Am I reading that right? A SINGLE tree???
What in the frankenstein bullshit is that???
Yes, it can literally be done. Works best if the tree species are closely related. However, you can also get trees from different genus working together, so enjoy pears on an apple tree
peach, plum and cherry get along well
Yes, most commonly just different varieties of a fruit, but sometimes completely different fruits. You can have apples and pears, plums, you name it.
They can be quite pretty because the different branches will blossom and bear fruit at different times.