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Old 05-01-2014, 10:32 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: Who's growing mulberry ?

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Originally Posted by Worm_Farmer View Post
I got one that was Labeled Red Mulberry. The berrys still seem to be Black/purple when ripe, and it grows REALLY, REALLY fast!
It could be just a form of the native red mulberry
see below from wikipedia
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Morus rubra .... the Red Mulberry, is a ... native to eastern North America. Ranges frp, Ontario and Vermont to southern Florida, and west to southeast South Dakota and central Texas.

...... listed as an endangered species in Canada and succeptible to hybridization with the Asian invasive White Mulberry (M. alba),
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