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

At 11:53 PM 2/17/2005 -0600, you wrote:
> Lucky etc,
>   I got me lots of bacon but I was runnin low on flour and beans so I went
> to town today and looked at them mulberry buds too. They are pretty
> consistently 6-7 mm long with none as short as 5 mm. Dare I call this one
> rubra now without fear of contradiction from the town slicks?

Dave,
Let me get back to you on that one.  I've never measured buds, but I've got 
a couple of M.rubra selections grafted & growing at the house, as well as a 
few wild ones on the farm.  Plenty of M.alba here in town, and I've got at 
least one M.alba (Oscar's) grafted & growing in the orchard.  I'll compare 
buds between the two species and the hybrids this weekend and see if I 
agree with the measurement thingy.


Louis L. "Lucky" Pittman, Jr., DVM
Veterinary Pathologist/ Dept. Chairman
Murray St. Univ.-Breathitt Veterinary Ctr.
Hopkinsville, KY