Forbidden fruit

Well, not exactly forbidden - I did get permission to pick them from the neighbour's tree. And then realized I really, really want my own orchard. Granted, these apples you wouldn't want to just bite into - I made that mistake once and had to spit out half a worm. But you won't get fresher!

Found out something interesting the other day. If you plant an apple seed, it will never produce fruit exactly like the apple it came from. Something to do with genetics, pollination and DNA. If you want precisly the same fruit, you have to graft a new tree off the old one. So there are literally millions of different kinds of apples out there, growing from discarded cores and such. The generic ones you buy in the shops are all off a single original!

How's that for a bit of trivia on a Friday morning.