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[Lester Davis <lhdavis8@knology.net>]

Greetings, 

I had zero success on rooting Geraldi with hardwood or softwood cuttings. I 
would like 
to get a bud stick or two of the Dwarf Issai and graft onto the Geraldi. 

Lester H. Davis 
Columbus, Ga 

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From: "Ro Qu" <richardqhansen@gmail.com> 
To: "mailing list at ibiblio - Northamerican Allied Fruit Experimenters" 
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Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 11:47:30 AM 
Subject: Re: [nafex] Dwarf Geraldi Mulberry 

I tried to root hardwood cuttings of Geraldi and they rooted but never 
leafed out and eventually died. I would like to know how this turns out for 
you. 

I also have the Dwarf Issai mulberry which is only a foot tall (on its own 
roots) and is loaded with fruit. I may have a very limited amount 
of budwood available if anyone is interested. It is supposed to be hardy to 
zone 5 but I have never tried to verify this since it is so easy to grow in 
a pot. It is supposedly a dwarf Morus alba and I got my original plant 
from Logees. 

Richard Hansen 
Zone 4b 

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 10:05 PM, Lester Davis <lhdavis8@knology.net> wrote: 

> Geraldi mulberry stays dwarf when grafted on other rootstock. Mine is not 
> over 7 feet tall and diameter about the same and is over 15 years. It is 
> dwarfed because of the short distance 
> between the nodes. Since the nodes are so close and the fruit normal 
> size it appears more heavy loaded than any other mulberry. I have taken 
> softwood cuttings this spring and trying 
> to root, have had no success with cuttings taken winter pruning. 
> 
> Lester H. Davis 
> 
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