Topic: Growing self fertile apple pips

[greatpalm]

I would like to grow some pips from an apple tree I have.

I know that if the fertilisation has taken place with another tree, then the result could be anything and probably a worse taste than the parents.

What happens however with a self-fertile apple tree, where no cross pollination has taken place. Will the resulting offspring be a clone of the parent?

I guess the same would apply to other self-fertile fruits such as plums, peaches and apricots.

[PAULW]

No ! you would be extremely lucky to get anything like the parent plant from seed, self fertile means you dont need another tree pollen fro it to produce fruit, the only way to produce an exact copy is by grafting.

[OllieC]

the only way to produce an exact copy is by grafting.

...which isn't all that hard, apparently. You need to buy your root stock first though.

[Baccy Man]

You could air layer them too it is very easy to do instructions on the link below.
http://lightworksnursery.com/airlay2.html