fecundity

well...i've got a dozen apple tree seedlings up and running....four of the batch of seeds i put in to germinate on the seventh of this month have come along far enough to find their way into pots ( i still haven't located any peat pots in the area and my mail order bulk shipment isn't here yet...so i used plastic again...eco-sin i know...but these trees weren't going to wait alot longer...when it's time, it's time) so i spent a few minutes in the basement this evening and there they are...since the apples i'm eating for breakfast are rendering up so many seeds i feel obligated to try to use at least some of them...i have no idea what the success rate will be...the first two that i germinated from that mealy washington state apple did not survive more than a month...i've gone back over the research i did on raising apple trees from seeds and i don't think i did anything inapropriate, but that doesn't seem to have made a difference...we'll see if the more locally produced seeds have a better average...i have spots for half of this batch...if they all prosper i may have fruit trees to give away later this year...stay tuned