Quote Originally Posted by GaGrown
There you go! DNA is the same! I told you! You answered ya own question! DNA Is on the decline if taken from a clone and not a mother!

Ga Grown

Where did you hear this? I have taken a clone of a clone - of a clone! and everything is the same as the original mother. Granted the mom is only ~ 4 years old or so.. but its the first I have heard of the DNA "degrading" automagically.

As long as common sense is used and inferior clones (read: weaker, not as strong growth, mutated) are discarded, there should be no discernable degradation. Think about Granny Smith apples - all of them (ALL of them, everywhere...) basically come from the original granny smith apple tree (I believe originally from australia, from.. you guessed it - Granny Smiths garden). Occasionally a granny smith apple tree will throw out an odd fruit, colored or sweeter - this would not be the tree to clone from.

Actually most any stabilized apple varieties are from clones....