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Correy says...
Some fruit is not true to type from seed. eg citrus. So if you grow from seed it will taste different to it's parent tree. Here is some more info:

Can Cross Pollination Effect the Flavour of Citrus

If you name which fruit tree you are interested I may be able to list the pro's and con's of seedling vs grafted for you if you wanted.

John says...
Hello Corry, you are very knowlegdeable about fruit trees arnt you. I very impressed. Thanks

John says...
Hears a thourght. Althought I have done it with apricots, nectarines and pom's, the use of a seed for a fruit tree ninty % of the time will give you just that and never any fruit. This is why so many get grafted.

Anonymous says...
Who knows? You may very well get some fruit. It may not be very good quality though. Or maybe you will be lucky. It is this variability that is the risk you take with seeds as opposed to grafts, in most cases. An exception is the Kensington Mango - the fruit and plant will be identical to its parent, although a grafted one will probably fruit earlier.

Anonymous says...
so there is hope?

John says...
I find that it depends on how you water and fed the plant to when its starts fruiting. It comes down to having a huge tree or rather a runted small tree. I know I encourage my trees to grow and thr fruit will come in time in numbers size and quantity. If you start them to early as well they can become biannual which is a bitch to repair/undo.