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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

Please send me some fruit and I will plant them to try.  Send me your
address and I will send you some money for postage.  
ernestplutko@wiktel.com            Thanks

---- Original Message ----
From: interverbis@videotron.ca
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] MULBERRY
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:34:09 -0400

>Thank you to the group for sharing information about mulberry. I find
>interesting to know that seedlings should be close to the parent.
>There is no doubt about the hardiness of this tree and my memory of
>the fruits is quite favorable. I will go back in a months time to
>collect berries, check and compare. If this tree is a seedling, I
>could collect suckers during dormancy and transplant them in good
>garden soil. I have had success in the past with this type of rooting
>done late in the Fall. I will air dry some fruits to send seeds to
>interested parties, if this tree proves to be of worthwhile interest
>for colder climate.
>
>Hélène, zone 3-4, north of Ottawa