It looks like a little snake sticking its tongue out to me.
She just decided she wanted to as she was eating the apple. We didn't do anything to them except stick them in some seed starter that we had on hand. There's actually two, but I don't for sure know the other one is an apple tree. It might be an elm because we get those volunteering all the time. The only reason I was for sure on this one is because it brought the little seed shell up with it. You know, horticultural identification at its finest.
Thank you. If it has a seed in it you can bet she's going to want to put it in dirt. We have three avocado pits in the window seal partly submerged in water (although I've heard that you don't get fruit when you grow them like we are, but it'll be a few more trees to plant at least). We are growing some of those elms that I talked about in my previous post from seeds we've found lying around. We have saved seeds from other fruit just to see if we can grow it..... It's a never ending horticulture/science experiment at our house! She loves it!
I never thought about grafting. That might be our next endeavor. We have plenty of room to plant, so I won't take the chance of killing her first apple tree (I'm not experienced in grafting). I'm sure there will be many more to come now that this little guy sprouted.
