Apples can be propagated both by seed and through cuttings.

However, growing apples from seed does not result in the same crop as the parent but grafts retain their properties and taste just as the parent plant. It’s recommended to use grafted apple seedlings to establish your apple orchard

Plant the seedling leaving the graft union three inches or three figures above the ground. Arrange your plants in a rectangular or square layout spaced at 4mx3m or 3mx3m. This will give you some space to intercrop. However, on steep slopes, make terraces for each line of apple plants.