Too bad there fruit doesn't taste the same! A mulberry the size of a hedge apple would be awesome!

Made wine many times from my mulberry tree. Got a smaller tree I put mesh over to keep the birds from eating them all up, they'll eat em before their ripe enough for me. Had a real heavy crop this year

A fair firewood too if you can find it in quantity.

Very very few mulberries here this year. Most trees I looked at didn't produce any

Why are they pests?

Dosen't it feed wildlife?

This big tree is in Richfield at my Uncles apt. I think Ill find a couple to plant.

Not from Gurneys anymore though.

We have a few around here we call white mulberry because there fruit barely gets purple when its fully ripe
They are sweeter than the dark purple or black ones.

Interesting

Yes, but the birds eat and subsequently plant so many of them, everywhere, that they are very hard to keep up with. It seems anywhere a bird poops, several Mulberry trees will sprout. Plus, as others have said, when the berries are ripe they are all over our cars and anything else outside. I have so many, when I mow, they drop down into my tractor seat and stain anything I am wearing.

yes, I have eaten them and they are really good, but too much of a good thing. What is fun is every year we have kids, and parents stopping along the road and picking the berries.

Moosetrot

I used to horseback ride on a farm that had a couple of mulberry trees. When they would get ripe I'd stop and get a few handfuls for me and some for the horse too. Wish I had some here.

I have eaten them as they are good. Could they be mulberry.

The white ones are originally from silkworm producers that have gone feral over the years, silk worms don't like the native black mulberrys, and they are sweeter, too sweet for me.

Mulberry is, for me anyway, one of those things that prove the old saw "too much of a good thing". If I ate too many I'd end up getting a bellyache. They sure make owning a white vehicle a real chore if the tree is too close to the house! The neighbor had a big tree in their back yard when I was a kid. It was quite a draw to all the local Starlings, etc. I would hide in the hedge with my air rifle and stack'em up.

I find that to be true for the white ones also.
White Mulberries used to be very rare here.
Up until 5-6 yrs ago i had only seen three in prob 60 yrs..
Now like the black ones they are more common here.
The one thing with Mulberries is the berry is constructed a lot like a grape cluster.
Little stems to each lobe of the berry.
Doesn't bother me any but i've heard complaints.
Find you a fist full of the ripe ones and you will probably reach for more.
None of the trees in my area produced this year, ( late frost issue I think.)

I was reading up a little on mulberries since this tread came up and learned soil type plays a big role in flavor. Our black or red mulberries are pretty bland some years but the white ones are always sweet. Maybe you guys have better soil than we do here. Three kinds black, red and white. I think the red is the only native one.

If you want anything PERMANENTLY purple dye it in squished mulberries.

It sure is. I have two that are going to come down and I'll use it next year

I put up 6 pints and 12 half pints of Mulberry jelly this year. We lay a tarp down and shake the tree with long hooks. Works pretty good. Ate a lot of fresh ones this year as well. Love em!

Nice trees to have around.

Awesome Trapset