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I'm just now seeing your picture.....that is not a white mulberry, at least not the ones we have around here.
Looks like a red mulberry, which when the fruits turn blue/black, can be pretty tasty, depending on genetics.
Still if you can get some scions of improved varieties, you could graft it.
Mulberries are a reasonably popular fruit among fruit enthusiasts.
There are many selected/named varieties of mulberries out there for sale, etc.
Wild white American mulberries, however, are not generally considered a desirable fruit tree to my knowledge.
(white mulberries, I think of different species/variety are, however, grown in Turkey for dried fruit production and are fabulous in my opinion)
If it were me, I would graft a dwarf mulberry variety onto it, such as Gerardi Dwarf. Wild mulberry trees get huge.
to your other question, yes It will produce more fruit as it gets older.
It is an expensive book ,i realised.
I didnt read it but its on my list.
What you can do in case you dont buy this book,is that you can watch his documentaryes for free on Youtube .They are gems,you will see ,if you do.
This is fruit hunting of rare ,mostly unknown fruit that australian aboriginals eat.
https://youtu.be/LRcn_uj0ySw
Well JBJ, this book is definitely not a novelty. It's crammed full of narratives about the discovery of and introduction to Florida of many tropical fruit.
It also contains the minutes of the Rare Fruit Council meetings for several decades.
In those minutes one can find notations on when certain fruits were first brought to Florida and the efforts to grow and succeed wth them. These same minutes document the source for certain cultivars of different types of fruit, some of which were exemplary-tasting and became all-the-rage, but which over the years fell from favor and which may only today be being rediscovered and becoming popular again.
I wouldn't undrrate this particular book.
¡Solamente mis dos granitos de arena!
Paul
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Bush Tucker Man,Field guide.
But be aware that in Australia the fruits taste usually bad or not necesarrely bad ,but not apealing to primates like us, because there were no primates there to assist the evolution.
None the less,there are valuable fruits in Australia and the author itself has discovered a fruit that has the biggest vitamin C content in the world ,ammong all the fruits.
He also has documentaryes( films) about survival where he presents somme of the fruits and plants he documented.
Hi again JBJ,
Mike's suggestion for the Whitman book is a good one. I recently got a copy and have only skimmed thru it but it is crammed with interesting fruit history.
It is now quite pricey since it is OOP but be patient because every so often a less inexpenvive copy will show up and that's the time to nab one. It's a big, heavy book. The complete title is:
"Five Decades With Tropical Fruit, A Personal Journey" by William F. Whitman; pub. Coral Gables, FL, 2001.
OK — HTH
Paul M.
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Hi JBJ and welcome to TFF!
I recently read and enjoyed "The Fruit Hunters" so if you liked that you prolly would also enjoy:
"Fruits of Eden: David Fairchild and America's Plant Hunters" by Amanda Harris; pub. 2015.
I've seen copies both on Amazon and on ABE Books. It's probably on eBay from time to time, too. Best to shop around for the best price.
Cheers!
Paul M.
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The Fruit Hunters is a great book, I don’t know any other that is similar. The $64 Tomato is a great book, but not really about tropical fruit, but about growing, well, tomatoes. It’s more of a personal story/memoir, but is funny and relatable if you grow anything.I’m looking for anything so that could be really interesting. Thanks!
