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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 09:03 AM 7/15/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> I havent heard anything about this "Packy" and
> Stearns.  Could you share some more details?

Rob,
Packy is a mulberry that, if I recall correctly - and Gordon can correct if 
I'm wrong - Gordon received or purchased as 'Pakistan', but it 
wasn't;  fruited for me for the first time last year, and I wasn't all that 
impressed with the fruit flavor, but this year it was very good - berries 
not as long as Illinois, but more plump, and with a good sweet/tart balance.

Stearns, I got from a fellow nut/fruit enthusiast in NJ - it is, I presume, 
a M.albaXrubra hybrid, like Illinois Everbearing.  Berries are similar to 
IE in size and flavor.  Other than that I don't know or recall anything 
more about it.

I meant to comment on Wellington(or at least the tree was purchased as 
Wellington).  Not a keeper for me.  It's been in the ground for at least 6 
or 7 years, has a very trashy, unkempt growth habit - I can't make it be a 
single-trunked tree.  Experiences lots of winter dieback every year, and 
produced just a few small, dry, not-so-flavorful berries this 
year.  Something else will be growing in its spot pretty soon.

Lucky