Yes i wont take credit for Gods creation like many do but my eyes recognize quality and my hands coax the seeds along. It has my name because noone had anything else to call it. @39thparallel saw the apple here covered in apples beside several of its siblings and was nearly speechless with surprise. When he finally found his words he said i will help you make this apple available for everyone. I told Mike i don’t want to make one penny from this apple. What i want to do is give everyone an apple that is actually valuable to them and their future generations. I believe this apple is potentially one of the very best for the reasons mentioned. Many new orchardist quit because they work hard but never get any fruit. That can be disheartening after a couple of years. Imagine if you have an apple that begins setting fruit. It becomes a complete game changer. We all know what fruit in the store costs. My actual goal is even bigger. Imagine a world where fruit bushes and trees propagate everywhere on their own. It is exciting to run across a seedling of clarks crabapple at the park or down by the river or outside the cattle pen etc. My grandfather and i were of one mind when it came to growing fruit. Our goal was to breed fruit that can escape and bless people with fruit Blackberries by the gallons .When my family grows fruit we select the hardiest qualaties in plants. One trick i use is when growing seedlings brush them with a branch of fireblight infected wood. Might as well thin them out asap.
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