Apple tree growing from roots of parent tree!

[!potatoes!]

^funny thing is, though, that I tried about 20 intentional gooseberry cuttings - with rooting hormone and all - and they all died. the one that survived was just a happy accident.

[JONA878]

It's often seems to be the things that you do quickly and without too much fuss are the ones that work and the things that you take care over and spend ages fiddling about with...just give up.
As a rule though we used to just take gooseberry cuttings and stick them in the corner of the field and forget them for a couple of months. A good fifty percent would root up for us.