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Listless | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 had an amazing apple tree growing up on my grandparents' cottage

asked my mom if she could bring me the seeds

she said she can't because customs would take them away... it's illegal to bring in foreign apple seeds from another country but it's totally cool for Asia to bring in deadly hammerhead soil slugs into Canada evidently
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Jonnybespokefabrication | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That's disappointing.  What cultivar was it? Maybe you can still get one there just not from seed.  Honestly buying a 3 or 4 year old tree is worth it.  Otherwise you're 7 years or so from fruit.
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Listless | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 might be this from the description and region: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonovka

the tree was pretty short and all the apples green, was growing on our dacha which is Russian for cottage, though in ukraine. they were hardy but they were also sweet and tart. so it must be some random subspecies.i think they were slightly smaller than the pictures and the apples were pretty geometry perfect, idk maybe I'm wrong about the species

very cool it can survive winters. that's great because I live somewhere that gets very cold now
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Jonnybespokefabrication | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well I hope you're able to figure it out for sure and find a way to get one on your current property. Also, set up a lightning wallet. I tried to zap you but you don't seem to be set up.