> Re clones, surely our apple clones, Cox's >Orange Pippin, as an example, is still the same today as many years ago? >The same with all other fruit clones that have been around, some for >well over 100 years. Why have they not changed? If you look at a fruit tree catalogue, you will see that there are changes. A bud may sport, is propagated, and then you end up with something like "Scarlet Cox". I don't think Cox has done this, but lots of other apples have. Diane Whitehead