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The ‘White Mulberry’ planted for the silk industry experiment was not
necessarily white fruited and probably was not. It refers to
the species Morus alba which is the the main species planted in North America
and until recently about the only one in most parts of the country. Its fruit
can vary from white to red, purple, and black depending on variety and stage of
ripeness. The silk industry failed here because it depended on lots of cheap
labor and there were other more profitable crops.
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