North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

["Glen Skinner" <glenkskinner@hotmail.com>]

It is unlikely that they are M. nigra.  If there are not many older M. alba 
trees around, your trees are probably M. rubra.

This website will allow you to distinguish any that are pure species:
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=121220

Generally, M. rubra leaves are rough on top and have some fuzz on the 
bottom.  M. alba tends to be smooth on top and have little fuzz on bottom.

Hybrids are possible, and they can be variable.  Using keys like the above, 
hybrids will usually be identified as M. rubra, because they will carry some 
of the fuzz and roughness characteristics.

Glen
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:59:44 -0500
> From: Zeugitai <zeugitai@gmail.com>
> Subject: [NAFEX] Differentiating Morus Nigra, Alba, Rubra
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Message-ID:
>         <2c26cd010703251659o42d93f9bne08ffc87c30982d0@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> I have a line of small mulberries growing wild here in my field in 
> northeast
> Arkansas and if they are bearers of delicious dark berries, I'll transplant
> them.  Is it possible to distinguish which mulberry they are?  they are
> between one and two feet tall, all less than one year old.

_________________________________________________________________
i'm making a difference. Make every IM count for the cause of your choice. 
Join Now. 
http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0080000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=hmtagline