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Re: [NAFEX] Morus nigra (black mulberry) - survive USDA zone 6b? and source?

From: Louis Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Morus nigra (black mulberry) - survive USDA zone 6b? and source?
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 20:43:48 -0500

Whitman Farms offers M.nigra - seedlings and named selections.
They caution against anything 'colder' than zone 7, maybe even zone 9.

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Steven Covacci <filtertitle@aol.com> wrote:

> Group:
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> I'm looking for a source for Morus nigra. I can't find a US nursery. More
> importantly, as a continued discussion from before... Do you think that M.
> nigra will survive (long-term) in USDA zone 6b (northeast: NJ), where it can
> go down to -10 F. for a night or two?
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> If not, would it survive with a practical extent of winter-protection?
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> Thanks,
> Steve
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> USDA zone 6b/7a; New Jersey
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[NAFEX] Morus nigra (black mulberry) - survive USDA zone 6b? and source?, Steven Covacci, 04/04/2011
- Re: [NAFEX] Morus nigra (black mulberry) - survive USDA zone 6b? and source?, Louis Pittman, 04/04/2011
- Re: [NAFEX] Morus nigra (black mulberry) - survive USDA zone 6b? andsource?, Hector Black, 04/04/2011
- Re: [NAFEX] Morus nigra (black mulberry) - survive USDA zone 6b? and source?, Douglas Woodard, 04/04/2011