Susan Brown
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
which are then propagated.
Short Wave
An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
So what I do is I create thousands of these hybrids.
Short Wave
An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
And then, yes, I must eat them.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
I kind of use the human example that as a breeder, I get to do thousands because I want that one really bright child, the shining star of apples.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
And I can be brutal.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
I have two wonderful children.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
I had to keep them.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
My apples, I don't have to keep.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
Oh, there's many.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
They're called spitters.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
Let's see on the genetic level whether we can find a strand of DNA that matches whether it's red or yellow.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
And it's like marking a deck of cards.
Short Wave
An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
you can use that marker to select at the seedling stage.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
So before they even fruit.
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
You haven't heard this song?
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An Apple Is An Ovary: The Science of Apple Breeding
No, but I'll definitely check that out.