ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoJohnny Appleseed planting apple trees for kids to eatdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down12file-text
arrow-up11.32Karrow-down1imageJohnny Appleseed planting apple trees for kids to eatdiscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square193fedilinkfile-text
Actually I looked up the real story of Johnny Appleseed and he was more about making hard cider and selling land. 🙃
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75·1 month agoI love that grafting is real and it works. It always seems like straight scifi to me.
minus-squareunphazed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 month agoThe real marvels are the ones where they graft apples, oranges, etc together. Expensive as hell and they don’t survive as long though.
minus-squareLianodel@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThere’s an artist who did that, and created a series of Trees of 40 Fruit! I think the trick is that it works better the more closely related the trees are. These use only stone fruits.
I love that grafting is real and it works. It always seems like straight scifi to me.
The real marvels are the ones where they graft apples, oranges, etc together. Expensive as hell and they don’t survive as long though.
There’s an artist who did that, and created a series of Trees of 40 Fruit!
I think the trick is that it works better the more closely related the trees are. These use only stone fruits.