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I can send you some in late fall if you send me an SASE and remind me....

~mIEKAL


On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Diane Porter <dporter@lisco.com> wrote:

> Can anyone tell me where I can get scion wood for Illinois Everbearing? I
> have volunteer mulberries, and I'd love to turn one or two of them into a
> nice tree that we could get good fruit from.
>
> Diane Porter, Fairfield, Iowa
>
>
>
> On Jan 12, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Jwlehman@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 1/11/2013 4:58:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > qazingulaza@gmail.com writes:
> >
> >> I've planted out about 20 Illinois Everbearing with the hopes of making
> >> wine, but I'm hesitant to plant more until I know if there is an easy
> way to
> >> harvest them and also if the birds will even allow me to harvest
> anything
> >> at all.
> >>
> >
> > The big problem with Illinois Everbearing is the long ripening period
> with
> > low crop yield at any one time making it difficult to collect large
> enough
> > quantities for processing. The answer has to be a large number of trees.
> For
> > one thing large enough to feed all the birds as well as collect fruit.
> > Illinois Everbearing is a fantastic fruit. Better than any pure black
> I've ever
> > tasted and I've tasted many.
> >
> > We collect fruits from our Black Mulberry trees by spreading bed sheets
> > under the trees then using long poles shake the limbs. Then float out
> the bugs
> > and use. There will still be a little protein in the cobbler, but after
> > cooking who cares.  Mulberry/raspberry cobbler or pie....YUM YUM.
> >
> > Oh, we don't pick off the stems. Also don't leave the sheets under the
> tree
> > very long as they also collect bird droppings.
> >
> > Jerry
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