Not neccessarily. If the crop is patented you might not have the right to sell those apples. Seeds can be treated like Autodesk licenses. You buy the right to plant, harvest and sell the fruit for one year. Then your right expires and you are not allowed to plant the resulting seeds. If you want to plant them again your have renew your subscription.
There are even plants with “DRM”. Their reproduction capabilities self destructs after the first generation.