If I plant the seed of a GMO Apple, will an Apple tree grow?

Almost certainly. Unless you broke onto the property of a lab that was experimenting with creating terminator apple trees, a seed you plant will grow. There are currently no Terminator seeds for sale. read more

A seed from an apple will grow into an apple tree, but if it is a commercial variety, probably not a very good one since the friut is likely to be from a fruiting crown grafted on to a different rootstock, both parts of which will have been produced from cuttings rather than seeds. read more

You can plant a seed and it will grow, eventually, into a tree. But most apple trees are grafted, because they do not grow true from seed. That means if you plant a seed from a Fuji apple, for instance, you are not assured that the tree you eventually get is going to bear Fuji apples. read more

The seeds found in the apple are the result of cross pollination between two different species or varieties of apples. This makes each seedling a genetically unique individual with unpredictable traits; for example, seedlings sprouted from your ‘Macintosh’ apple might produce tiny red crab apples. read more