Why can’t I plant seeds from my apple?

You can plant seeds from your apple, but the resulting fruit from that seedling will not be exactly like the apple parent. Most apple seeds are formed when pollen from one apple cultivar pollinates the flower of another cultivar. This results in the combination of two different genetic parents and results in an offspring (seed) that has a different genetic code. The resulting seed and potential tree will have characteristics of both the pollen parent and the flowering parent. Therefore, …