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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Circumstances you describe make it sound like a seedling.  Here's one way to find out if it's a seedling, which would increase the odds that it's not a named variety. Late spring, dig up root pieces, six inches long or longer, pencil diameter.  Plant those in a nursery row and wait for them to sprout.  Bud from the sprouts to a dwarf stock and when they bear in a couple of years, if they are the same as the top, you would at least know if the old tree is own-rooted.  If it is, that greatly increases the odds that it's an unnamed seedling, not a named variety.
-Lon Rombough
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On Aug 29, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Jim Bastian wrote:

I've got a crab here that I find exceptional. I have no idea what it is. I grafted two trees for myself this spring on to bud 118 rootstock.  I've posted photos and a brief description here:
 
http://yankeeapple.com/Unidentified%20Crab.html
 
If anybody knows what it is please contact me.
 
Thanks,
Jim
Plainfield NH
zone 4ish