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Post by steev on Jan 27, 2013 12:24:42 GMT -5
What does bad fruit taste like?
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Post by mayz on Jan 30, 2013 4:39:42 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2013 0:28:40 GMT -5
I should take a pic and request an ID. I've repeatedly passed a similar looking plant, which seems to be wild or feral. Berries are apparently in nearby droppings, which suggest to me that they are not outrightly poisonous.
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Post by MikeH on Feb 27, 2013 5:52:07 GMT -5
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Post by castanea on Mar 3, 2013 21:54:51 GMT -5
Luther Burbank's old farm in Sebastopol, California, still has at least 8 old seedling trees that are heavily productive. They consistently produce the largest fruit I have seen on S. Domestica. Lon Rombough had seedlings of them and would occasionally sell seeds of his seedlings but Lon passed away last year.
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Post by MikeH on Mar 3, 2013 22:32:35 GMT -5
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Post by steev on Sept 25, 2013 20:23:09 GMT -5
No fruit on my Sorbus again, this year.
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Post by imgrimmer on Oct 31, 2013 4:10:36 GMT -5
This weekend I will visit my old hometown, there is an old service tree bearing fruits every year. If someone like I can have a look for some seeds. Can I send it to the US? I read there might be difficulties with custom...
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Post by MikeH on Oct 31, 2013 4:43:48 GMT -5
Yes please. I'm in Canada. Sending seeds is not a problem. I'll PM you an address.
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Post by MikeH on Dec 15, 2013 11:56:23 GMT -5
Seedlings!!!!!!!!! The seed came from www.treeseedonline.com/ although it looks like he might be sold out. I've had really good success with everything that I've ordered from him.
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Post by philip on Jan 6, 2015 14:00:04 GMT -5
Hello Everyone, i have sorbus domestica seeds from a large-fruited breton variety. Don't have many left but contact me if you are interested (you don't need many anyway)
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Post by steev on Jan 6, 2015 21:02:31 GMT -5
mikeh: I've been procrastinating gathering/sprouting Mountain Ash berries, which would do very well on the farm as ornaments, but now I have to try them as a nibble.
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Post by philip on Aug 17, 2016 0:38:24 GMT -5
I tried taking a cutting of one of my true service tree seeds. It's said to be difficult to take cuttings of sorbus domestica, but maybe i'll be lucky.
![](http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j393/philipheinemeyer/DSC_2131_zpspyiadhp2.jpg)
This is the tree the cutting came from. German s. domestica variety "Sossenheimer Riese" (giant of sossenheim) largest-fruited variety of all trees in germany. It's growing in an open field, so i tied it to make it grow straight and i enclosed it with some good fencing against the cows.
![](http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j393/philipheinemeyer/DSC_2130_zps2duotg4w.jpg)
A seed-grown tree from the large-fruited breton variety i found over here
![](http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j393/philipheinemeyer/DSC_2132_zpshqctdkbf.jpg)
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Post by philip on Aug 17, 2016 1:18:48 GMT -5
I went on a search of mature true service trees in brittany 2 years ago. I found and visited 10 trees. Below is a picture of fruit from 2 different trees. One small one and the largest-fruited one i found. There is a big difference in fruit sizes. The breton trees are often brown-apple-shaped. The average size of the large fruit was 35mm. The coin in the picture is 26mm and the largest fruit next to the coin was 42mm. (for this picture i picked the largest fruit of a whole bag i collected but average size was only a bit smaller at 35mm) ![](http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j393/philipheinemeyer/DSC_0998_zps3x2cnmf2.jpg)
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Post by philip on Aug 17, 2016 1:38:27 GMT -5
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