ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoJohnny Appleseed planting apple trees for kids to eatdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up11.31Karrow-down12file-text
arrow-up11.31Karrow-down1imageJohnny Appleseed planting apple trees for kids to eatdiscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square192fedilinkfile-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-up70·3 days agoI love that grafting is real and it works. It always seems like straight scifi to me.
minus-squareunphazed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days 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-up2·1 day 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.