posted 11 months ago
Okay, so I had an idea today. Maybe it should be in the "wildest plant-breeding aspirations" thread, but well, here goes.
For whatever reason, I ate an apple seed without the hull. I was struck by the nice consistency, and the similarity in taste to a slightly bitter almond. It felt like it even contained some amount of fat. And my inner mad scientist said, "well, why not breed an apple with super-large seeds and low amygdalin content, then? It'd work as a hardy substitute for almonds, wouldn't it?"
So what do you think? Doable? With graft-accelerated breeding perhaps?