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Thanks for the suggestions from all of you.

Refining my thoughts as follows:
1] There's an unfruitful wild grape volunteer going up one of the red pines. 
BIG.  I have had a domestic vine growing at the base of the other with little 
growth.  I'm thinking of moving it further away from the base of the tree 
[its 
now close to the base of the tree] and stringing it up to the first branches 
of the red pine to offer it a means of climb, thinking the domestic one is 
discouraged by its close proximity to the base.  Good idea?
2]  I do have several mulberries.  These are normally considered trees, I 
don't know how they'd react by being kept shorter as understory to the red.  
Any 
chance they'd fruit in the half-sun and being cut back?
3]  I have an Ornablue blueberry I propagated I could move out to be in the 
dripline of the reds.  Does anyone think Ornablue can produce in less than 
full 
sun?
4]  I suppose all brambles spread like crazy?  I'm a little reluctant to 
plant any bramble because we still have a few hangover FallGold planted in 
about 
1972 that became unproductive in about 1980.   I suppose they could be 
smothered out, but I'm afraid to start with anything.  Should I be afraid of 
plating 
in some brambles?
Thanks,
Charlie Paradise in Massachusetts