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  • From: Michael Nave <jmichaelnave@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Mulberry
  • Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 20:02:01 -0700 (PDT)

You can prune mulberries rather severely and they will
still produce fruit.


--- ROBERT W JUDY A HARTMAN <hartmansfruit@msn.com>
wrote:

> I was hoping that someone would respond about the
> Geraldi Dwarf Mulberry. I looked it up on the
> internet and it looks like something I would be
> interested in too. I would grow a mulberry but I
> don't want some huge tree.
>
> Bob Hartman
> W Washington
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William C.
> Garthright<mailto:billg@inebraska.com>
> To: NAFEX List<mailto:nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 6:37 AM
> Subject: [NAFEX] Mulberry
>
>
> My Illinois Everbearing Mulberry - that I planted
> a year ago and which
> grew extremely quickly last summer - never broke
> dormancy this spring.
> It might have been the late cold snap that killed
> it, or just the colder
> winter than usual. I might note that it didn't
> seem to harden off before
> the winter, either - the first fall frost froze
> the green leaves on the
> tree. It's weird, because that was the only tree
> that didn't worry me
> when the freeze hit, because it hadn't leafed out.
> But everything else,
> as bad as they all looked, recovered from the
> freeze surprisingly well.
>
> Anyway, I need to plant a replacement next spring.
> As it turns out, I
> planted another Illinois Everbearing Mulberry in a
> different location
> this year. So I could plant something else here. I
> love mulberries - and
> they might keep the birds and squirrels busy and
> away from the rest of
> my plantings. Could anyone recommend a different
> type of mulberry that
> would grow here on the plains (zone 5)? I want one
> that tastes really
> good, but a dwarf or semi-dwarf tree would be
> nice, too. I really don't
> have much room in this particular spot. I figured
> I'd have to prune like
> crazy to keep the Illinois Everbearing Mulberry
> small enough, and I
> don't know how well that would have worked, so a
> smaller tree - or even
> bush - would be an advantage.
>
> Most of the mulberries don't seem to be real
> cold-hardy. But I have
> seen, in a catalog, a Geraldi Dwarf Mulberry
> that's supposed to be hardy
> to zone 5. Anyone familiar with this? The
> description reads, "Excellent
> fruits similar to Collier and IL Everbearing on a
> 6' tall tree." That
> would certainly be small enough! :-) But it
> doesn't say how
> abundantly it produces. And I've learned not to
> put too much faith in
> these promotional descriptions, anyway.
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks much!
>
> Bill
> Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
>
> --
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> such a degree that it
> would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.'
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> might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility
> does not merit equal
> time in physics classrooms. - Stephen Jay Gould
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