Posted by julvr on May 25, 2009, 10:08 am
We have an apple tree in our back yard. One half flowers pink, and
the other half flowers white. It looks a bit odd as the pink side
flowers first. Someone told us that the tree is actually two
different species... I'm not sure how that's possible -- I didn't get
that far in biology. Has anyone seen somthing like this before?
Posted by Phlox on May 25, 2009, 10:47 am
julvr;847064 Wrote:
> We have an apple tree in our back yard. One half
flowers pink, and
> the other half flowers white. It looks a bit odd as the pink side
> flowers first. Someone told us that the tree is actually two
> different species... I'm not sure how that's possible -- I didn't get
> that far in biology. Has anyone seen somthing like this before?
Yes, it's quite normal, I've seen some with 3 varieties on the same
tree.
It's done by grafting from the different varieties onto the host. Most
apple
trees are grafted onto a smaller host, to prevent them growing
too large :)
--
Phlox
Posted by KC on May 26, 2009, 9:58 am
> julvr;847064 Wrote:
> > We have an apple tree in our back yard. One half flowers pink, and
> > the other half flowers white. It looks a bit odd as the pink side
> > flowers first. Someone told us that the tree is actually two
> > different species... I'm not sure how that's possible -- I didn't get
> > that far in biology. Has anyone seen somthing like this before?
> Yes, it's quite normal, I've seen some with 3 varieties on the same
> tree.
> It's done by grafting from the different varieties onto the host. Most
> apple trees are grafted onto a smaller host, to prevent them growing
> too large :)
> --
> Phlox
5 in 1's are readily available, however are mostly a novelty and
produce much less fruit than a standard tree.
KC
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