To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>, bastianjim@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] crabs, apple-crabs
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:51:29 -0700
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.
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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: