Someone mentioned to me how all the apple trees would be crab apples unless we cloned and grafted other tree types onto them?? Idk if this is even right but can someone explain apple trees to me?? I did go apple picking and saw the stumps for the trees are different from the actual tree. Also what is a crab apple? I have questions. Thanks!! Hahaha
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[Johnny Appleseed](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/real-johnny-appleseed-brought-applesand-booze-american-frontier-180953263/) may be of interest.
He planted apple seeds, he had religious objections to grafting. The apples that grew were nearly all ‘spitters’, too bitter to eat but good for cider.
You’ll get a random apple type from a seed. The commercial varieties (Cox, Bramley, Braeburn, etc.,) were the grower’s equivalent of winning the lottery, extreme good luck. They were propagated from the original tree by grafting cuttings onto a rootstock sapling.
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