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Variety of Red mulberry · Morus rubra
Native red mulberry with edible fruit and ornamental value, hardier than black mulberry.
Edible value8Medicinal value4Other uses3
🇺🇸 USA

Taste & characteristics

Taste

juicysweet

Profile

Parentage
Morus rubra
Pollination
self-fertile
Fruit weight
3 g

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest
Storage

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Sweet dark fruit on a native, robust tree.

Notes

Native US selection with both edible and ornamental features; more cold hardy than Morus nigra.

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