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RE: [nafex] Berry Identification
A lot
of them grow wild in my area of central Indiana. The leaves should also be
deeply lobed. I remember one year when I was on a summer job doing landscaping,
the family had a mulberry tree in their backyard where we were putting in a
patio. To our amazement, we watched as bird after bird smack into the side
of the house. We later learn that as the mulberries hang on the tree, they
ferment. We were watching drunken birds trying to land on the tree
branches! Funniest thing I ever saw.
Brian
Hello Andy. It is probably a mulberry
tree. The genus is Morus. I was also amazed the first tiem I saw
one.
Margie
Margie Luffman
Curator, Canadian Clonal Genebank
Program
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
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Crops Research Centre
2585 County Road 20
Harrow, Ontario
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>>> "Correnti,
Andy" <andy.correnti@lmco.com> 06/14 12:47 pm >>>
Hi
Group
I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to berries and would like some help
in
identiying this berry. It is just ripening now here in zone 6B
near
Philadelphia. It is growing on a 15 ft tall tree! It's
definitely a tree
not a bush with a single 10" diameter trunk. No
thorns, smooth bark. The
berries are about 1/2 inch long and have
that cluster of beads look like a
blackberry. They get dark purple
when ripe. Start out yellow. Taste is
mild, a little
sweet.
The next question is: I've lived here 6 years and this is
the first year
there have been any berries on this tree, now it's fully
loaded. Could it
be it's just coming into bearing? Or is it
pollination? Why all of a
sudden the mass amounts of fruit?
Please educate me...
Thanks
Andy
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