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[dwoodard@becon.org]

Bill Eggers, the common seedling Asian mulberries, Morus alba, tend to be 
pretty bland. Illinois Everbearing (supposed to be an alba/rubra cross) is
reputed one of the very best tasting, even including Morus nigra cultivars
which are well liked.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada


Bill Eggers wrote:

> It seems odd to me to hear of anyone actually planting mulberry trees.
> Here they are a weed and come up everywhere.  If you want some, come and
> dig them up
>
>   Bill Eggers
>   Winterset, Iowa
>
> "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com> wrote:
>
>> This isn't an answer to your question, but I'm curious. Where did you
>> get your mulberry from and how large was it when you planted it? Mine
>> never came out of dormancy so I want to buy a new one this spring.
>>
>