A question on apple blossom?

i Was collecting my Grandchild from school today.on the way to the school i was admiring the Apple blossom trees,which this year, in our area seem to be yielding more blossom than previous years . when i arrived at the school i was admiring the school's Apple blossom tree's then i noticed this one tree ,which had TWO colours.
it was a very deep pink and white. half the tree was pink half the tree was white
i have never seen this before ,a mixture of colours on the one tree .
i stepped over the fence to check if it was two trees planted close to each other ,
it was the one TRUNK reaching out to all the branches .
this tree (by the look of it ) could be 40 + yrs old
my question - is it possible originally there where two trees planted that close together, that number of years ago, as young saplings could have bonded together trunks but have a different root systems ,hence the half/half
music..

 

Apples trees can have two or more varieties grafted onto the stem. Family trees as they are called

 

Just guessing but on many occasions a sucker can grow up from the rootstock of a grafted tree, giving it the appearance of two separate trees but growing from the same root.
Equally a top grafted tree can have a shoot of the rootstock appear well above ground level.

Its normal to prune out the root stock in such cases, but in neglected trees it can grow on and take over the whole tree eventually, returning it to what nature started.:wink:

I assume this is crab apple and not edible apple varieties

 

wow, this post takes me back....we used to craft trees at school, all the kids seem to do these days is use a craft knife on eatch other :cry:

 

Hi chums.
I've seen apple trees advertised as being of more than one variety on the same tree, like it's a major breakthrough. Maybe this isn't such a new thing ? Dunno.

Cheers...freddy.

 

Hi Pete/Hasbean counter. i may have mislead you here.i am talking about The Apple Blossom Tree.
not the Apple Tree Blossom. i may be calling them the wrong name.it is the trees that in general grow on grass verges and parks etc. . music .