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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> I love mulberry. It's one of my favorite fruits.


I do, too. I've always loved them. But I'm having the worst time trying 
to grow them! I'm on my fourth Illinois Everbearing Mulberry. This one 
is still alive, but half of it died over the winter. None of the rest 
have broken dormancy after their first winter (though they grew great 
the year before). And I just lost my Geraldi Dwarf Mulberry. It started 
to leaf out, and then just died. One year is all it lasted.

Wild mulberries grow like weeds around here. But their taste varies 
greatly. I want a mulberry that tastes good and, if not dwarf, at least 
something I can prune to stay small. But for some reason, the only tree 
I have trouble growing is the mulberry.

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

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