The one I asked about is in zone 4

The best place to kill a mess of breakfast squirrels.

Or turn out some coonhound pups.

They ripen about the same time the kitten coons come out here.

The only good I could see with our farm's mulberry tree is they draw off some of the starling depredation of berries that actually do have flavor. Lord only knows why.

Carl, have you tried mulberries from other mulberry trees? They are highly variable in sugar content from tree to tree and even the same tree, depending on berry load, rainfall and the intensity of the sun, as the berries ripen.

Some mulberries are very good flavored.

There's some mulberries in my area that are as long as 5 or 6 normal mulberries and there's one tree on a friend's farm that has mulberries into October.

I have several hundred mulberry trees on my farm and only harvest mulberries from a few of the trees that consistently have the best flavored berries. By grafting you should be able to make consistently better flavored mulberries, just like we do with other fruit trees.

Keith

I have heard that Spanish mulberries have more flavor. The mulberries on our tree are very juicy and sweet...but lack an acid balance. I believe that is typical for the American mulberries.

That is true, no real acid bite to them like a blackberry or muscadine. Mostly sweet which may explain why some don't care for them.

There's a few mulberry trees on my farm that have a richer flavor, with some tartness.

I think mulberry trees are like apple trees in that most of the fruit, from the majority of trees, tastes pretty good, a small amount tastes bad and a small amount tastes excellent. If we grafted scions from excellent varieties on the others, we would have overall better fruit quality.

Keith

Deer will clean up the fallen leaves in my area.

Wow

Mulberry trees are not that great, Scott. Yes, we have some on the home place.

Trying to keep Turkeys and deer coming through my land.

Hot burning wood, pretty yellow color, pain to split with maul LOL

Once in a while I will look out and see a Monkey chasing a Weasel all around my Mulberry bush.

LOL.