Sorbus Domestica - Jarabina Oskorušová Oskoruša

MVDr. Henrich Müller

I have been devoting time to the cultivation of service trees (Sorbus domestica L.) since my youth. I was always interested how it is possible to grow these extraordinary trees.  After many years of experience I managed to reproduce them vegetatively as well as generatively. By searching for suitable plants and observing them, I was able to select individuals whose qualitative characteristics were worth cultivating.

For rootstock cultivation, I use seeds from high quality service trees, while scions are taken from exceptional trees. The main advantage of engrafted service trees in contrast to seed-grown trees is that the engrafted one starts to bear fruit much earlier (between the 7^th and 10^th year) and the fruit is the same quality as fruit of the tree from which the scion was taken. For people intersted in these rare trees, I offer my experiences and knowledge in the form of engrafted service trees.