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Randall's opinions on Red Delicious apples were referenced again in the title text for [[2820: Inspiration]].
 
Randall's opinions on Red Delicious apples were referenced again in the title text for [[2820: Inspiration]].
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A further explanation of the title text is that, in general with apples "Two trees of the same variety will not pollinate each other."[http://www.orangepippintrees.co.uk/articles/pollination-of-fruit-trees] Therefore if a person was trapped on a desert island with only one type of apple tree growing on it, the trees would not pollinate each other, and therefore would not produce any fruit.
  
 
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