Black Mulberry & Home Orchard Pear Varieties
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blueKYstream
5 year old buck +
It looks a lot like Dr. Deer pear. First year fruiting. Taste on that is bland, texture is sandy and mushy at this point. Still holding fruit as of 12-7-22.
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H20fwler
5 year old buck +
Gilmer Christmas today still holding. I gave it a hard shake and a dozen easily fell off.
Fruit is getting pretty mushy now, but there were none on the ground when I walked up so they are getting eaten as they fall. They will be the consistency of applesauce soon.
Golden Hornet still holding some, it did not have a very good fruit set this year.
NY414 from Cummins has been a good apple and is still holding some applesauce loaded mummy fruit.
Golden Russet still has some hanging
And Gala is holding some late, second year it has done that for me.
Fruit is getting pretty mushy now, but there were none on the ground when I walked up so they are getting eaten as they fall. They will be the consistency of applesauce soon.
Golden Hornet still holding some, it did not have a very good fruit set this year.
NY414 from Cummins has been a good apple and is still holding some applesauce loaded mummy fruit.
Golden Russet still has some hanging
And Gala is holding some late, second year it has done that for me.
H20fwler
5 year old buck +
Here it is the end of January and as of today the Gilmer Christmas is still holding fruit. Some has fallen and I’ve shaken some off during the last month and it gets eaten up right away by bunnies and deer. The pears have a leathery skin now with about 3-4 ounces of sauce in them.
So this pear tree does exactly as advertised and that is all I can ask of a very late hanging fruit tree. This thread gives a good timeline of its fruit drop.
So this pear tree does exactly as advertised and that is all I can ask of a very late hanging fruit tree. This thread gives a good timeline of its fruit drop.
90% or more of US nurseries &/or big box stores selling 'Black Mulberry' are not selling true M. nigra, but rather, in most cases, some black-fruited M. alba selection. Unless it's coming from a CA or PNW source, I can almost guarantee that they are NOT M. nigra/Black mulberry.
M.nigra wants a Mediterranean climate, is difficult to root, and is very slow-growing on its own root...somewhat more vigorous grafted onto seedling M. alba rootstock.
Pear pictured is one I found in Tallapoosa Co. AL, nearly 15 yrs ago. I noticed the ortet on Jan 1, loaded with fruit. This pic of my oldest grafted tree of it, taken on 23 Nov., fruits shaken out on 3 Dec.
M.nigra wants a Mediterranean climate, is difficult to root, and is very slow-growing on its own root...somewhat more vigorous grafted onto seedling M. alba rootstock.
Pear pictured is one I found in Tallapoosa Co. AL, nearly 15 yrs ago. I noticed the ortet on Jan 1, loaded with fruit. This pic of my oldest grafted tree of it, taken on 23 Nov., fruits shaken out on 3 Dec.
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bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Blue,
Any luck with those mulberries? Tried grafting northrup mulberry on mulberry rootstock, I did not have any luck last year.
I got 2 northrup plants on order for this year. Thought it was from humble abode, cricket hill, and fedco sells them too. Cold stream nursery has russian mulberry, which i suspect northrup is a version of that. Grown on the NY / Canadian border with lake effect snows.
Find a local mulberry, collects some berries, put in water and it with a paint mixer and strain off liquid. You got a ton of seeds quickly.
Got several mulberries at home. Great to see the birds and squirrels go nuts in them from late july to early september. Hoping to have some to attract grey squirrel into camp. Grouse will enjoy it too. Deer visit under the trees every night they're dropping.
Any luck with those mulberries? Tried grafting northrup mulberry on mulberry rootstock, I did not have any luck last year.
I got 2 northrup plants on order for this year. Thought it was from humble abode, cricket hill, and fedco sells them too. Cold stream nursery has russian mulberry, which i suspect northrup is a version of that. Grown on the NY / Canadian border with lake effect snows.
Find a local mulberry, collects some berries, put in water and it with a paint mixer and strain off liquid. You got a ton of seeds quickly.
Got several mulberries at home. Great to see the birds and squirrels go nuts in them from late july to early september. Hoping to have some to attract grey squirrel into camp. Grouse will enjoy it too. Deer visit under the trees every night they're dropping.
I have 'volunteer' mulberry seedlings every year in various flower beds around the house.
Somebody, on this board, posted a good tip several years ago... place a wire cage, just like you would to protect trees from buck rub/browsing on a spot of bare dirt, and you're almost assured to have a crop of mulberry seedlings pop up inside & around it, as birds perch and deposit seeds in a 'starter packet' of fertilizer.
Somebody, on this board, posted a good tip several years ago... place a wire cage, just like you would to protect trees from buck rub/browsing on a spot of bare dirt, and you're almost assured to have a crop of mulberry seedlings pop up inside & around it, as birds perch and deposit seeds in a 'starter packet' of fertilizer.
blueKYstream
5 year old buck +
The mulberry from Chesnut Hill/Walmart died back and didnt grow much after that. Last i checked, it looked dead. I'll have to check it again when Spring comes. I'm hoping maybe it resprouts from lower on the trunk but Im not hopeful. I grafted some alba/hybrid rootstocks with a few different varieties. They are doing well.
BrushyPines
5 year old buck +
I've had a time with ambrosia beetles attacking my mulberry trees. Anyone having this problem too?
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Got pics of those beetles?
The Fishman
5 year old buck +
That was my experience with the Chestnut Hill everbearing mulberry also. I bought four of them on clearance a few years back and planted them in south Louisiana. They grew great the first couple of years, but they were always one of the first trees to leaf out each year. We had a very warm February 2023 with a late March freeze down to 22 and it killed three of the four. I looked at the remaining one yesterday and it has shriveled fruit that froze a couple of weeks ago. I am not sure why these trees want to start so early, but they do.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Hoping to get a bit of scion mateiral from the northrup bareroots. Got 2 generic mulberry coming from mehrabyan nursery in ithaca, NY.
Doing a small sample of mulberry, pussy willow, and witch hazel at camp. Planting one mulberry and a few witch hazel a willows at home for future material if they take.
Was a bit surprised how well the ground stayed cold around a few well mulched young apples trees I tried to dig up today. Still see a ice glazing on the dirt underneath. I removed the mulch and letting it warm up a day or two before trying again. Perhaps heavy mulching might delay leafing out with your mulberry.
Doing a small sample of mulberry, pussy willow, and witch hazel at camp. Planting one mulberry and a few witch hazel a willows at home for future material if they take.
Was a bit surprised how well the ground stayed cold around a few well mulched young apples trees I tried to dig up today. Still see a ice glazing on the dirt underneath. I removed the mulch and letting it warm up a day or two before trying again. Perhaps heavy mulching might delay leafing out with your mulberry.
BrushyPines
5 year old buck +
I don't. They will bore the trunk of the tree leaving "dust tunnels" behind (best I can explain it).
