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["Scott Williamson" <swilliamson@acespower.com>]

Do you know the approximate length of bearing season?  It sounds like I may 
have added one more thing to my list of trees to get next year.

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Lucky Pittman [mailto:lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu] 
Sent:   Wednesday, July 09, 2003 10:08 AM
To:     North American Fruit Explorers
Subject:        Re: [NAFEX] Mulberry Varieties

At 09:42 AM 7/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>All the talk about Mulberries and grafting has got me wondering.  Is there 
>that much difference in the varieties of Mulberries?  Flavor, fruit size, 
>taste, keeping quality, etc.?  I've only really every tried the ones that 
>grow wild around Indiana.  Am I missing out on something?

I've grown and fruited several - Illinois Everbearing, Collier, Wellington, 
and have Stearns, though it hasn't fruited yet, as well as seedling M.alba 
and M.rubra selections.
I've yet to find one with better production and flavor than Illinois 
Everbearing - good balance of sweetness and tartness,  though I've got a 
couple of M.rubra selections that have flavor similar to IE, and heavy 
production, but IE bears over a much, much longer period.


Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY

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