They grow perfectly from seed; the tree can get to 40 feet with a trunk about a foot in diameter and limbs 15 feet or more radius from the trunk. If you leave it close to the house, they will grow branches away from the house and the house side will be flat. Better to move them now to an area where they can have more space all around.

It's a gamble. I took seedlings from two sister seedlings, both from the same mother tree. One sister seedling had large teardrop shaped fruit that was sweet and acidic before all the way ripe and very sweet, little to no acid when ripe. The other sister seedling was medium size and round, with high sugar and high acid, just like I like them. It also had an apricot flavor and fruited 30 days after the other seedling. I took 2 seedlings from the large fruited variety and 1 from the medium fruited variety due to only 2 being available, and the person who introduced me to the owner wanted one. The seedling from the large fruited variety is just like it's mother. My daughter talked me out of the medium variety and it was just like it's mother. Her tree died the year after bearing. Although my trees were almost copies of the mothers, the original seedling sister trees were very different. Seedlings should bear fruit from 3 to 5 years. My trees were @2 years old when I got them and they fruited the following year

I planted a seedling from my mom's tree (from So. Cali) in N.Tx, about 4 years ago. This year we actually got flowers and fruit! The fruit are smaller than the one's on my mom's tree, and a little more tart. I do have to mention that I rarely ever water this tree. It has been pretty much neglected it's whole life. I'm guessing that if I do spend some time watering and fertilizing, I'll have larger fruit. The tart flavor can also be attributed to me not waiting till the fruit is fully ripe, but then I do like the tartness of it. My neighbor accross the street got another of my mom's seedlings at the same time. They babied the tree with home made compost and it is beautiful and lush, but only had about 6 fruits on it. Mine is kinda scraggly but loaded with tasty goodness! "about the size of a small lemon or lime " I would consider those GIANT!! Lol!

For rooting you need rootone. I think you should read up on any cutting you want to take. Dr. Michael Dire has a great book on woody plants. All seed are not true & many apple seeds will not produce great fruit, but about 25% will fool most people. Some of the great apple we eat today came from seeds 100 year ago. Keener Seedling Keener Seedling: This heavily russetted apple with a slight red blush originated in Lincoln County, NC around 1880. It is medium in size, sweet, firm and very disease resistant. It is unique in that it ripens extremely late and can hang on the tree until late November. It has a white flesh and is good for fresh eating, cooking, and storing. http://centuryfarmorchards.com/descripts/osapage2.html