Creating a NEW Apple Variety (Ep.1) - Intro and Seed Prep

It has always been my dream to create a new apple variety! How cool would it be to grow a fruit which you can name whatever you wish and that it is it's own unique variety? The best time to plant an apple tree was 7 years ago, so I musn't continue umming and arrring about the project and just go for it! I really want you to join in, no matter how much or how little space you have. It would be incredible to have a whole new range of apple varieties by the end of the project. I want to thanks Erica, Tony and Liz for being a part of this project, and if you haven't yet then you definitely need to subscribe to them:
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Introduction to the project - 0:00
The collaboration - 1:12
Scale of growing - 3:02
What you can expect - 3:40
Sourcing apple seeds and saving the seed - 5:23
My goal of 100 trees and emulating the natural process - 7:27
How the project will work over the next few months - 8:59
A task for you to do to join in on this project - 9:46
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[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

This is such a fabulous community collaboration and I'm so glad to be a part of it! I can't wait to see how many new apple varieties this idea will create and hopefully I will get to taste some too!

[@HuwRichards]

I just love the reason as to why you're doing this! And you're kids will be so lucky to have an apple variety names after them! What a wonderful thing for them and yes it would be cool to have a tasting video😁

[@loganfs5640]

Thank you both for participating and spreading the word. I hope this will encourage more people to grow apple trees and produce their own varieties so the apples can live on for generations to come.

[@terancebailey4175]

do you want some seeds that could be from 5000 year old stock

[@Elifius]

so where are the results....

[@Lewisiaable]

I planted some seeds from my favourite empire apple a few years ago and last year it had a few apples. To my surprise they were large and tasted like Granny Smith apples. This year I can see that every brunch has flower buds on. I didn’t do the fridge part. I just put them in paper towels in a tub and they sprouted within two weeks. It was worth the wait. 🙂

[@3FeathersFarmstead]

I have already begun this process...had a similar idea and have started about 75-100 seedlings myself! It will be so awesome to watch and progress with all of these amazing people! Thank you for challenging folks to create a legacy of their own! Cheers!!!

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

How old are the apple trees now? Have you managed to eat any yet?

[@Elifius]

Any update

[@simplifygardening]

A great community growing collab mate. It's nice to get everyone involved who wants to get involved. Imagine if everyone who sees this just grows 1 tree on average. So many new varieties, Brill.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

That would be so cool, wouldn't it?

[@LizZorab]

It's great to see how many folks will be joining us in trying to grow a new variety. It is properly exciting to think how many new varieties we might grow between us all.

[@MyFamilyGarden]

I'll get in on this! We need to get Yorkshire back on the map!

[@simplifygardening]

@@MyFamilyGarden Great stuff, the more the merrier

[@MyFamilyGarden]

@@simplifygardening it'll be an awesome legacy for the kids!

[@pat_in_va8605]

I am going to give this a try. I am going to set my target at 5 trees. I think I can care for that many. I believe it would be nice to leave a legacy of an apple that is unique to the land here. My husband's family has been on this very land since at least the mid-1800s. At one time, the land we are inheriting was the family apple orchard. The trees are long gone but the land will remember the apple trees.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Sound like such aovlry story

[@LizZorab]

That's awesome that you'll be able to plant apples where there was once an orchard!

[@LizZorab]

Thank you for inviting us to join this project Huw, it's really exciting to think of all the new varieties that might grow. I'm sure the boys (my grandsons) will be fascinated to see their apple trees grow in the coming years.

[@gregsanderson2470]

I live in eastern North Carolina USA. I need a low frost period apple . That can stand our heat too. I have one tree that blew over. During a hurricane. This tree was then pruned drastly and the stump reset. I had planned to graft onto it. Now thanks to your lead I will also start planting seed too. Good luck on your project. And happy boxing day.

[@LizZorab]

I hope you get a great new apple from the seeds that you plant :-)

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

Hello, I have some apple trees started from seed here in my garden in zone 7B just north of Charlotte. I am hoping they will bloom this (well, almost this) year. I should do a video on them soon.

[@gregsanderson2470]

@@Iloveorganicgardening Hi OG I had planted 2 commerical apple tree last fall. The hurricane stripped the leaves. After ward the trees set out new leaves and flower buds. I nipped the flowers. But left on the leaves. It is now the end of December , the leaves are still green. When I Prune then I'll try to grafting on to a damaged tree.

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

@@gregsanderson2470 sounds good. I still have a peach tree that was a volunteer from seed too that has its leaves on still

[@zuditaka]

🍎🍏You are like Luther Burbank, the famous plant breeder who experimented with potato seeds and gave us all sorts of wonderful varieties. He developed lots of well known fruit trees, too, and a cactus with no thorns. 🍎🍏🍎Johnny Appleseed is famous for growing apples from seeds all along the early settlers' trail in America. 🍏🍎 The Granny Smith apple happened by accident, in Sydney, Australia, when a certain Granny Smith tossed some apple seeds on her back lawn. The Golden Delicious, and certain other apples, were also happy accidents found and valued by observant people with good taste! 🍎😋 People who throw apple cores out of car or train windows must be the people responsible for roadside trees that spring up randomly in ditches. Roadside trees are just seedlings, and some of them have especially tasty fruit. In Australia plant breeders collect sunflowers seeds from ones sprung up along the roadside, because they are often tougher and healthier and better quality sunflower seeds than the normal ones grown on farms! 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 Early antibiotic researchers got around collecting rotten fruits from shops, and working with the new moulds they found. BTW In 1900 there were hundreds of varieties of apples. So many of those old varieties are now lost--forever... When I was a kid there were a lot more apple varieties available than there are at the supermarket today! :/ So, yes, it's wonderful what you are doing to let nature and chance--and LOVE--help wonderful new varieties spring up randomly, again, like they do in nature. 🍎😋🍏😋🍎😋🍏😋

[@philcoppa]

Johnny Appleseed (Chapman) was from my hometown, Leominster Massachusetts

[@zuditaka]

🍏🍎🌳🍎😋🥧🥧🥧

[@babybalrog]

Eagerly awaiting Episode 2.

[@pppjunk]

This is awesome ! I might sneak into an apple orchard nearby and steal some apples for seeds -- I figure a nearby orchard would have a variety which is well adapted to the local climate. I'm trying to do the same with tomatoes. Two years ago I planted a lot of tomato plants and most of them got sick and died... some cherry tomato plants thrived though, they produced a lot and some tomatoes fell down on the ground. This spring I had lots of tomato seedlings sprouting like weeds. These did not get sick at all. They adapted like borg, grew like jungle, and we had so many cherry tomatoes we couldn't eat them all. I saved the seeds from the best tasting ones for 2019. I hope to end up with a cherry tomato variety which is adapted to my location.

[@tovaritchboy]

What a really GREAT idea. Glad your getting so much support and that others are joining in with this project.

[@bram80955]

I wil try 10 ish My grandfather planted the tree's (James Grieve) just after the war and since the land might not be in the family to long anymore, it might be a nice project to remember my grandparrents.

[@LizZorab]

Sounds like a great way to remember your grandparents, I hope you get a nice apple from the seeds :-)

[@lisabits]

Omg fun! My family just purchased rural acreage to start a small market garden farm, and we already had plans to grow apples; what a great way to commemorate our first year/founding; I think we can handle at least 10 🤔

[@HuwRichards]

Wow that will be so cool! Does the garden or area have a cool name which you could name the Apple?:)

[@lisabits]

@@HuwRichards It actually does! The area is called Mushaboom, which is super fun to say out loud

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

@@lisabits that's a great sounding name!

[@lisabits]

@@ericaslittlewelshgarden I would be lying if I didn't admit that the adorable community name factored in to choosing that particular acreage 😁

[@LizZorab]

Love the name! I look forward to learning how you get on with growing a Mushaboom apple :-)

[@flgardener1155]

Hello. I'd like to participate in the New Apple Variety Project. I recently collected seeds from two apple varieties that I had not seen before: Envy and Opal. I probably have between 40-50 seeds between the two varieties. This was something I was already planning to do, but now I'm even more excited having found your video on KZbin. I have a small farm in Southwest Alabama in the United States. I love fruit and nut trees. I am in the process of clearing the land bit by bit and plan to plant as many fruit and nut trees as I can. I have several grafted apple trees that I've purchased from local garden shops that do well in my area. I also have a couple of trees that aren't particularly well suited but produce good fruit hoping that with cross-pollination I might get seeds that will produce greater varieties of apple trees that will produce in the warm climate of the Southern United States.

[@DrStevenHobbs]

Wonderful project!

[@googlebarbaralernerspectre2581]

I'm starting my own garden, luckily I have a huge back garden so I'm lucky. Got multiple green houses and plant beds, next year it all begins thanks to your inspiration!

[@WholesomeRoots]

Oh how cool! I love it! I will love to join in!

[@HuwRichards]

That's brilliant I am sure I could get you into these videos too! :)

[@matthewfarrell317]

Once my apples get to the right size, so going to have to try this.

[@mikhovma]

That is an amazing collaboration.... last spring I happened upon some apples that had been cold stored and when I cut them open the seeds were already sprouting. I was able to get one seed to grow to a nice size 3 ft tall , anoyher one grew but wasnt as strong and did not make it through the summer. Now I am waiting to see if it will survive the winter. This year I am trying to get more seeds to sprout and get more trees. I am looking forward to following your progress as well.

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Wow, that sounds so amazing about them sprouting.

[@rachelcarroll5941]

I have 7 that I cold stratified Dec. 11th and are now sprouted four of the are about 4” tall now and the other three are moving a bit slower, but are sprouting as well! Good luck everyone!

[@Luigi.T]

Merry Christmas! Love love all your videos.

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

I may have missed it, but Heterozygous is the term for why an apple seed will never be the same as the parent fruit. James Prigioni explained this well....he has some seeded trees growing too.

[@bpj1805]

That's certainly part of it, but homozygosity of each parent does not suffice to produce an apple of the same type as "the" parent (and there's the problem, in "the" parent - there are two!) - you'd need both the seed parent and the pollen parent to be homozygous, *and of the same variety* (which normally implies incompatibility) to produce offspring true to type.

[@matthewwilson5887]

A goal of mine now. Best apples I ever had are when in Poland. Crispy, juicy and delicious.

[@kan-zee]

*Happy Holidays and Great New Year to you* HuwsNursery and family

[@HuwRichards]

And the same to you😁

[@joeb8167]

Wonderful project! Merry Christmas to you!

[@taiduong3575]

I planted the seeds of cherry it's took 10 years to begin to flowers. 2nd year it have a little more flowers. This year it may be full bloom. Last year it have couples fruit. I didn't have a chance to taste them, the birds ate them. I planted the seeds from store brought cherry. I spread the seeds all around the yard. The one that can take the weather drought, wet, that will survivor the condition. That's why I have only around 4 in the last 15 years

[@HuwRichards]

Yes birds seems to love cherries so much that we have given up growing them! I can't blame them though because they're so good!

[@christinarodriguez297]

I am excited to see an update video!! :)

[@angiemurphy2423]

i'm a new subscriber. I love propagating plants and so recently decided to try my hand at planting seeds from the crab apple Evereste we planted last year. As we took the seeds from the fallers on the ground i didn't go through the stratification process. I soaked them water and left them to dry overnight before planting them in a pot. i planted 6 altogether plus one or two I took in my excitement from the Braeburn apple I was eating (forgetting to refrigerate it first). So far I have 3 of them doing well and 2 just coming up. I planted 2 of them on a couple of days ago and can't wait to see how they all do. As we have a very small garden and have recently planted a fan apple (James Grieve) don't have room for more in the long term. probably keep one and give the others away. It was great watching your video. Will continue to follow and see how you are all progressing.

[@thelittlestfarmsteaduk3111]

I've already got a about 200 Apple seeds in my freezer, will see what thrives and filter these down to about 50. Am planting direct in the field on my smallholding but may move around after a year or two. I was inspired by Mark Shepherd to do this. Nadolig Llawen. I'm in Wales too!

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Wow. That many will give you such a good amount. Amazing you are in Wales too!

[@LizZorab]

Oh that's great, hopefully between us all we'll create loads of lovely new varieties!

[@David-kd5mf]

This is epic! I have one apple tree grown from seed here in America in my yard. But it is a great encouragement to know many people are going to put the effort in to make new varieties.

[@cathywest8776]

I have always planted the seeds of fruit...peaches, cherry, apricots apples pears, ...I plant them. Lots of them are only fit for deer but every now and then there are good ones!

[@HuwRichards]

Hi Cathy! Awh that is so good though that you get a few good ones though and share the rest with animals:)

[@Jordansalias]

What a brilliant idea! I’m going take some of the seedlings that grow from my pomace dump, I’ll try and get around 20. I’d like to do this in remembrance of my grandfather who taught me everything I know about apple trees 👍

[@jamesarcher5060]

My favorite variety is Honey Crisps. And a Merry Christmas!

[@bigpete4227]

This year I took the seeds out of my supermarket apples and put them in my propagator on the windowsill. I had a success rate of about 1 out of 5 or 6. I potted them up and got them to about 8 inches or so and put them on my front wall with a sign saying ‘take what you need’. They all went in the end except the one I kept and transferred to a bigger pot. It did suffer some discolouration of the leaves and I don’t know if it will last the winter or not but I thought it worth a punt.

[@kath-phlox]

I think this is wonderful, you people are young enough to carry it through... you could be experts in 20 years :)

[@GordonjSmith1]

I love this project! In fact here in Northern Europe I have just found a 'local' project that is not 'identical' but has rather similar aims. So I will do my best to follow in parallel during the coming years. I have two aims, one is an apple of balanced acidity/sweetness with keeping qualities, and another that is both very sweet and 'apple-y' in taste, for making spirits and jellies. Bon Voyage! A great project.

[@harriettejensen479]

Great idea! I have already planted 3 granny smith apple trees from seed. I just put them in compost in pots and grew them outside that way for a couple of years. Then, two years ago, I put them in the ground. They have not flowered yet. I want to grow another variety, preferably one for eating rather than baking, from seed. I only have room for 1 more tree in the ground, so I will try and get friends to "foster" any additional ones that come up. I will be using your method for these trees. That will make 5 apple trees for me, as I have a semi-dwarf Spitzenberg that had apples for the first time this year. I also have 3 other trees started from seed: 1 wild red cherry plum which is great and tastes like a Satsuma plum and 2 trees that were grown from peach seeds but became nectarine trees. Those developed a horrible case of brown rot last year and, although they were very prolific, the fruit was totally inedible. I will be spraying them with Neem oil this year to try and prevent the brown rot.

[@50shadesofgreen]

Good day to you Huw !! thanks for the update and the new series on Creating a New Apple Variety !! love all the channels taking part in this new apple venture !! 🎅🎄⛄ MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR !! ⛄🎄🎅

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you so much for stopping by😁 Will you be taking part in it? Merry Christmas to you too!

[@DebMaddock]

What a great collaboration project Huw. I watched this video today and I'd love to join in even after you started a couple of years ago. I actually have seven seedlings growing in my garden which I propagated from apple seeds at the beginning of lockdown in March 2020. I would love to see an update video even if growth is minimal. What fun!

[@tinathompson591]

GREAT idea😊 GREAT collaboration Awesome video 👍

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you so much Tina😁

[@Alternativesmallholding]

We are going to join you, Roo is going to start it next week as her Grow With Roo series we are starting. She is very excited! She is hoping for a red apple

[@HuwRichards]

Woooh that's awesome!:) I can't wait to see that series. With best wishes

[@jmch2186]

I will try 10, how exciting 👍🏻

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Yay, that's a nice amount.

[@LizZorab]

Yay! So pleased that you are joining in, this should be a great project over the next few years :-)

[@jmch2186]

Jeekers Huw, I forgot ..... have a wonderful, hearty, harmonious Christmas. Roll on book day 👍🏻🎄💚🇮🇪

[@sarahsrandomvideos6965]

Great video Huw I'm a new subscriber I came here from grow with Roos video (alternative smallholding) 😊😊

[@meehan302]

It's wonderful to see growing cooperation With three great channels. Well done Huw

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you so much Patrick! I hope you're well :)

[@MyFamilyGarden]

Nice one, and great collaboration

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you!:)

[@LizZorab]

I'm really excited about the apple project, I hope you'll let me know how you get on!

[@finnkelcher5558]

Seedling apple trees are generally very vigorous, tough and can grow several meters per year when direct sown. I graft my favorite varietys onto seedlings leaving an original seedling branch to grow as well. In this way you can get good fruit in a few years while you wait to taste your new variety. Have fun and experiment!

[@vladbura3729]

Good bles Richard very nice 👍🍏🍎🍏🍎.From Roumenia (Transylvania).

[@domarcopsaluenep3880]

Feliz navidad buen video saludos desde Tijuana BC México

[@sunshinekillz2554]

Really cool! I’m in!

[@sowgrowandcook]

Sounds a really fun project!

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you so much Saronne:)

[@onevision23]

Thanks for taking us along for this collaboration.

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you for watching it :D

[@freakygeak]

I'll give this a shot and I look forward to watching all four channels and their updates :) I'll try ten seeds maybe twenty and plant the ones that survive along the bike trail off the beaten path :)

[@takiepies]

I’m ready for an update on this project! I have my 20 seedlings up and growing strong. 😊

[@Alternativesmallholding]

Hey Huw, Roo has done her video on this - she does say you asked us to take part ...sorry! she couldn't do another take (kids!) Looking forward to part 2

[@owenharries7897]

I'm going to plant maybe 5 for now as I want to make a hedge of fruit trees next to my decking!😁

[@HilltopFarmHomestead]

Wishing you and your family a safe and Happy Christmas. Also even though I'm in Australia I'm going to give this a go. Even though we have the extreme heat we do get frost in winter and consequently apples do well here. We currently have 4 varieties of apple. Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Jonathan and Cox's Orange Pippin. So I'm going to try for 10 seedling to start off with.

[@car9140]

Great! I planted 6 seeds. I had the apples in the fridge before I started, so I skipped the first part and they all came up. I’m no expert. They may not make it, but I’ll try! Wanted to do it since I was a kid and never did it.

[@luciobrazil007]

Nice one Huw. I will give it a go, and think of some names

[@HuwRichards]

Good luck Jarl!:)

[@gigovalonkatytus516]

Hello. What a great video! When are you starting to sow the seeds? I was waiting for that video. Thanks and happy gardening! Greets.

[@LawOfAttraction-ed2mx]

My grandad was master like you 🙏💚💙💜

[@luckychicav7981]

Great project! I'm in, but in a small scale since I have a very small property and sun would be an issue. Probably 4, one for each young member of our family. Thank you Huw, have a Merry Christmas!! ;)

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

Hello, I planted some apple seeds straight into my garden a few years ago. Now they are 4 to 6 feet...about 1 or 2 meters...tall. I don't have much room but i have 4 or so growing now. Hoping to get blooms and fruit this year. I figured i can always graft a known variety on these stocks if they don't produce a desirable crop. I used Gala apples. Have you ever seen that variety? It's a fairly new variety here.

[@esmaistuu]

Thinking about doing this with gooseberry. But controlled pollination

[@agrisea.original]

10 seedlings - I had some of the sweetest green apples this fall so saved their seeds.

[@paulsaxby7579]

I am going to try for 50, if I get one I will be happy. I've been considering growing apple trees for a while as I would like an espalier barrier around my allotment.

[@alexboeve59]

Hej! I've actually got two ecological Pink Lady plants going. It's unclear though what variety daddy is. I have two other apple trees and many of my neighbours have apple trees. So I do plan to sow a few more over the years. Regards, Alex

[@inge5797]

Schöne Weihnachten

[@JanesGrowingGarden]

This looks fab and I'd love to join in. I'm thinking about trying about ten seeds, see how many germinate and then plant up at the allotment. Reason? Complete curiosity as to how they might turn out! Great idea!

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

10 seems to be the number a lot of. People are going for.

[@LizZorab]

Hi Jane, Huw had a great idea with this collab, it's going to be fabulous to see how everyone gets on :-)

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

Good luck with the afalau Huw (and Erica, Tony & Liz!). Even a small patio apple in a pot takes up too much room for me at home I'm afraid and there are no other trees close by to help with the pollination but I could try up the allotment. Steve

[@HuwRichards]

Definitely try it at the allotment Steve it would be so awesome!:) Even if it is 2 or 3 it would be awesome to have you join in. I hope you have a fantastic Christmas😁

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

@@HuwRichards Will try Huw. It will need to be espalier or fan as we cannot go over 2 metres high! Have a great Christmas!

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

@@DigwellGreenfingers if you can join in that would be so fun.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

@@ericaslittlewelshgarden I'll have a look for some windfalls in an orchard near me - sure the owner won't mind!

[@adolthitler]

Just plant them. I plant mine any time.

[@rodneycampbell2978]

I have a few old varieties on our farm that I am trying to graft. I also watched a couple of videos on rooting from cuttings. I am trying both. These apples taste delicious but some are very old and falling down and I would like to save them.

[@gabeotto9593]

How is it going? I been doing this for 4 years now and have I my know Apple variety, from when I was a teenager and planted some seeds.

[@spencersnursery1547]

I have a crab apple I grew when I was 5 still waiting for a fruit.might great it onto a dwarf tree so I can see it sooner

[@HuwRichards]

Wow how old is the tree now?

[@spencersnursery1547]

@@HuwRichards 8 almost 9 years old

[@HuwRichards]

Very odd to hear it hasn't fruited yet

[@spencersnursery1547]

@@HuwRichards i think its as it has never been pruned and still has the original leader.

[@spencersnursery1547]

Update:got 2 fruits,definitely crab apple type but will be good to add to cider possibly :D

[@Nellyontheland]

I do have a space for an orchard. So I will be doing 2oo. I don't expect to use them all, but I have space to put some of them in some hedge rows and make a fence line too. Others I will give qway. I wonder Huw, is the idea to have the seed from the same apple or use a few varieties?

[@robbicu]

Nadolig Llawen to you and your family, Huw!

[@HuwRichards]

Nadolig Llawen to you too😆

[@G-boi]

Fruit trees take up to 15 years to produce flowers and fruits.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

I have subscribed to those other channels. If this was a year ago, I could have shown one of the Apple trees that was producing. I cut down that tree because the apples were all very small and the tree poorly placed. I have another tree that had flowers last year, no apples yet. I have two (I might find another one or two.) More. I initially started ten and I know I have three left. Two are not growing properly and I need to find out why. Apples are genetically diverse. Even if you could insure the tree didn't cross with another veriety, it would still be unique.

[@nicholasj.barlow8341]

I'm looking forward to see how this pans out Huw. Small question, would this work with other seedlings (Rose or pear)? Also, may I ask if you could make a video on how to make your own apple juice, cider, and perry - if you can muster it (also possibly, mead)? Great video. - Nick P.s. Have you any experience in taming back gardens?

[@healergeorge]

I have seeds planted for pomegranates, Cape Gooseberries, Orka/Ladies Fingers and Golden Dwarf Papaya - I already have 5 apple trees. What I do, is take an apple with me when I go out in the car and throw the core away in a hedgerow or grass embankment while I am passing, with the hope the apple will seed itself.

[@ladystardust4706]

I understand what you mean,

[@vmcshannon]

I have. Space for 4, I’m interested to see if I can do it! It’s a cool experiment.

[@allotmental.]

I've a few pots with apple seedlings in, two years old, not grown much though 🙄

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

I wonder if apples are grown the same way in the UK as the US. Over here grocery store apples from commercial orchards are commonly pollinized by crab apples. This means that apples grown from these seeds will most likely be very small.

[@JohnDoe_88]

That shot of the apple cider processor looked interesting would be cool to see how that bad boy works...

[@HuwRichards]

If you search: 'How to make apple juice' on youtube a video of mine will appear quite near the top which demonstrates this method :)

[@JohnDoe_88]

@@HuwRichards Awesome I'm going to go like that vid now. Very cool looks mouth watering! Thanks brother have a great holiday season.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

My experiment with this was ten seedlings many years ago. It was from store bought apples. I don't know what variety. One of those might produce any season now. One I cut down because it was poorly placed. This time I will be using seed from an already unique apple. I have two apple trees that were grown from seed. (Not my doing) They are delicious and makes wonderful apple butter, So I was thinking of calling it "Butter breed". It was the only two apple trees in the entire cove that produced apples last growing season. So I will have second generation newfoundland apple varieties. I don't know how many, I'll just wing it. The reason? I have been ordering fruit tree seeds of fruits that I think might grow here and buying a couple trees every year. My goal is to turn 3.5 acres into a food forest. Plus, there is another location nearby that I can plant things to grow wild, just to see what survives.

[@HuwRichards]

Oh that is really awesome!:D That must be so exciting and I will keep my fingers crossed that they turn out good! Wow that is a lovely size for a food forest:D Good luck with it all and please keep me updated!

[@robbieragsdalesarmered-dil1940]

I will try 25 from striped June cross with yellow delicious

[@kellynash8097]

Ooooh this is interesting 💚 I might get my children involved and let them create their own 🍏🍎 Does it work in the same way with pears? Merry Christmas Huw 🎄

[@kellynash8097]

@Bill's Allotments 2 Plots of Heaven absolutely :)

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Thay would be so cool.

[@HilltopFarmHomestead]

We have a Red Williams pear and a Japanese Nashi pear. It would be interesting if they crossed. A "Red Japanese Willy" maybe? LOL.

[@tyddynbryn1344]

How fab!! We will have a go here!! We have 48 young fruit trees which we planted soon after buying our holding.. there is a few absolutely delicious ones so I’ll get some seeds from my stored apples and get em in the fridge!! I’m the same as Erica it would be nice to have varieties named after the boys!! 😁 will probably manage 10?!

[@ericaslittlewelshgarden]

Oh, that would be amazing if you can get 10!

[@LizZorab]

Hi Ellie, I'm looking forward to seeing how you get on, I'm really excited about this project because between us we may find a truly amazing Welsh apple!

[@HilltopFarmHomestead]

@@LizZorab Isn't there a coxs variety that's Welsh?

[@carolparrish194]

I would like to try this but I need a apple that is not affected by cedar tree rust.as there are a lot of cedar trees in the area. Do you have any recommendations? I have a 1 year old apricot tree that I started from seed and 2 Asian pear trees and 1 sweet cherry tree {still waiting on cherries}.

[@trevorsawe8396]

Planted seeds from pink lady variety

[@mirandalanders9138]

Are there updates on this project 5 years later?

[@chrisblank5277]

Is there an update or a part 2 for this video?

[@luferrari6462]

I want to grow at least 5 seedlings. I'm starting peaches and plums as well 😊

[@HuwRichards]

Very exciting and good luck!:)

[@luferrari6462]

@@HuwRichards thanks and happy new year to you and your family! 😊

[@HuwRichards]

@@luferrari6462 And to you :D

[@HarbhajanSingh-ks8gm]

When your new book out and we're can I buy it

[@terancebailey4175]

would you like some apple seeds from the germplasm repository at Cornell University here in the States , they started them from stock from Kazakhstan and that region

[@MyFamilyGarden]

I always thought Tony was a Scouser until I saw this

[@JMIKES]

Do you have an update on this project?

[@HilaRah]

Make vinegar from the less delicious apples, or feed them to the pigs.

[@kiteclem35]

Hello :) . Great project ! do you have some fresh news since this 5y old vid maybe ?