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  • From: Louis Pittman <lpittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: Devin Smith <dvidedevo@yahoo.com>, mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] (NAFEX) Pakistan mulberry
  • Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 21:12:48 -0500

The Pakistan that i had was from Mike McConkey at Edible Landscaping
nursery.
Fruits 3-4 inches long. IIRC, it originated st Islamabad where lowest
recorded temperature is 28F
Not sure it's reliably hardy colder than s zone 7 setting.

On Monday, June 1, 2015, Devin Smith via nafex <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
wrote:

> This is the little blurb that goes along with GRIN accession DMOR 9
> -"Information from Seed Savers, page 375: Large, 1 inch [2.54cm], juicy,
> red to purplish black fruit similar to blackberries; can be quite
> delicious. Small, wide spreading, deciduous tree grows 20-30 feet
> [6.1-9.14m] tall. Very long-lived, becoming gnarled and picturesque.
> Similar to Russian Mulberry in that it can be used to make a fine hedge;
> very attractive to birds. Ripens in late spring. Hardy to at least -10
> degrees Farenheit. Grows well in Zones 5-6. Native to western Asia."
> I'm not sure from whence this info comes, but it suggests that other
> macroura selections may be more adaptable. Aren't there people successfully
> growing Pakistan in zone 6 PA?
>
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