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[Hélène Dessureault <interverbis@videotron.ca>]

Douglas, these berries are black when ripe. I will try to reproduce them 
from suckers in the Fall.

Mulberries are within their growing range in St Catharines On. but 
completely unheard of north of Ottawa. This is not a recent variety, because 
of the age of the parent tree... and as I mentioned I suspect it was brought 
from Virginia. In any case, I will report on this in a month's time. Maybe 
with a photo of the berries and the tree...

Hélène, zone 3-4

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Woodard" <dwoodard@becon.org>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] MULBERRY


I recall a poster saying that Morus nigra seedlings were close to their
parents. I don't remember anyone saying that Morus alba selections with
high fruit quality produced seedlings similar in fruit quality to the
parents.

The late Ed Robinson of Gaybird Nursery at Wawanesa, Manitoba in zone 3b
used to sell a hardy morus alba for fruit, so hardy selections are not
unknown.

However, it looks to me as if Helene has a M. alba highly selected on
two counts, or maybe a tree with mixed M. alba and M. rubra ancestry. I
think her aim should be to reproduce it clonally if possible to begin
with. Growing seedlings would be interesting but likely chancy.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada


Hélène Dessureault wrote:
> 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
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