Seedlings: Revisited Because it was Requested
Someone asked for me to Re-explain this, so Here is mostly the whole original article with a few edits and additions.
I see many players posting that their seedling they are sharing came from a specific orchard full of specific trees, and then when people grow them, they are disappointed that the seedling they got, that was said to come from an Acai Orchard, turned into a Golden Plum and not a Peach Palm. So here is how the Mystery Seedlings work.
1) There are 2 types of Seedlings, but both are called mystery seedling. Type A is the seedling that you keep, this is going to be the Level 2 tree of some tree in your orchard, If you have a solid Orchard of 1 Type of tree*****, then you will have that trees Level 2.
Type B is a seedling picked up off the feed, these are wild cards, they can be anything that's a Level 2 tree%%%%. And yes If someone Harvested an Acai Orchard, and posted the seedling, claiming it came from an Acai, it is possible you will grow a Peach Palm, but its more likely you will grow something else.
So the short version is: On Mystery seeds posted to the feed, it is a mystery##### what it will be, it does not matter what orchard it came out of.
Quit disappointing your friends, quit posting that the seedling you shared came from a "_____" Orchard. It doesn't matter Share this so people will know the truth!
***** CERTAIN Level 1 Trees Do not have a Defined Level 2, So they Lie to you in the Orchard and say they make themselves but they do not. Examples Discover Tree, Spruce Birdhouse Tree, likely Future Trees.
%%%% In the Early Days, or rather about the first 9ish Months of Orchards, the Unreleased Level 2s Would flow like the River from Type B Seedlings. But they they got Smart, and changed up some stuff to Date them, So Level 2 Trees would only Crop up during the the Market time of Said Tree. Now there has been a few trees Lately (Sweater, Sculpted, Whittled) The Level 2 has shown up early, but these have all been Quest Prizes. People still get trees Early and Share Unreleased Level 2s but for the most part its less random, and more Someone has been to Customer Service.
##### There is some Mystery, but the number of Possible Trees is much lower now than it was say in May of 2011. Which is why More people report their Seedlings from the Feed end up being more basic Level 2 Trees (Granny Smith Etc)