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[Sheridan Shumway <rattler_mt@yahoo.com>]

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I'm interested.  How do the mulberries taste? 
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keep in mind mine are just starting to flower so its been roughly a year 
since i last tasted them.....so going by memory....they are sweeter than the 
raspberries i grow, lacking any tartness....the fruit is on the small side, 
which may be because of the trees small size yet, im not sure....but the 
flavor is intense enough to make it worth collecting them...i should have 
ripe fruit in another 30 days or so and i can do a better report then....

not many fruits can shrug off our -50 to -60 air temps in the winter and then 
have no problems putting on a good set of fruit the next year......the 
weeping mulberry does....the contorted variety so far doesnt.....it lives 
through the winter just fine but i think the dormant flower buds dont 
survive.....the mulberry offers me something different in the early summer 
fruit wise when i dont have many options other than raspberries or 
strawberries for home grown fruit at that time....hoping to get enough next 
year to do a small batch of mulberry mead.....

Sheridan S.
northeast Montana
zone 3 or 4