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  • From: "Brungardt, Sam (MPCA)" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] training mulberries
  • Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:25:10 -0500

Girardi Dwarf mulberry and many other cultivars are sold by Whitman Farms,
Salem, Ore. See
http://www.whitmanfarms.com/ProductList.asp?ProductCategoryID=15. -- Sam
Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn. (USDA Zone 4b)

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of William C. Garthright
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 8:11 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] training mulberries


> My partner & I just bought a new 40 acre place to start a vineyard &
> winery, which is to say I have a lot of space for experimentation.


I was just surprised that you'd want a mulberry that is known for having
such an extended ripening season. I would have thought you'd want them
ripening all at once.


> I'm certainly open to trying other varieties & even the wild which I've
> never seen in my area & not even sure what that would be. A lot of folks
> around here plant the Russian mulberries but I'm not a fan of them, they
> really don't ripen well for me & they have a very herby flavor.


I meant the red mulberry, Morus rubra, which grows like a weed around
here. They're often very good tasting, but that's variable. You can't
plant a seedling and know for sure it's going to taste great.

I've always loved them, but I wanted to plant something I knew would
taste good. But I've had a hard time getting other mulberries to survive
here. It's funny, because birds plant the wild mulberries everywhere,
and they're hard to kill.

There are white mulberries around here, too - and lots of crosses, I'd
guess - but they're not as good as the red mulberries.

PS. You asked about the Geraldi Dwarf Mulberry. I bought mine from
Edible Landscaping (because that was the only place I could find them):

http://www.ediblelandscaping.com/plants.php?func=view&id=179

But the first one didn't survive its first winter. I planted a
replacement last fall, and it's still alive (though it's still just a twig).

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

http://garthright.blogspot.com/

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From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step. - Denis Diderot
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