Talk:Morus alba

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There is a street, a rich street, named SouthW St., which is in the town of Dundas, the municipality of Hamiltonn-Wentworth, the province of Ontario, the country of Canada. Close to the midpoint of this street, veering down towards a more-often-than-not traffic-strewn roadway called Osleer Dr., lies a quiet tree-canopy enveloped short gravel or dirt? (need to reverify this) trail. At the top of this trail, just off to the side, partially on somebody's large front yard close to the road of SouthW St., lies a mulberry tree which produces a rarely seen WHITE and/or SLIGHTLY WHITE/PINK/PURPLE fruit. The taste of this tree's fruit or berries is, hmmm, well, not of a higher order (to me); nevertheless, this tree is of interest because of its uniqueness in the area and I will see to it that it undergoes further research.

900trillion 07:51, 28 December 2006 (UTC)Jeff Skarica

I suppose this is a white fruited form of Morus alba which usually has black berries but some forms have purple,pinkish,lavender,yellow or pure white fruit... I live in Europe(Belgium)and have been fascinated by mulberries ever since I was a kid. Today about 40 odd years later I have started my own specialized mulberry nursery and I can tell you that this fruit is still as unknown to the public as it ever was...I grow about 25 different species and varieties of which half are Morus alba in all its fruiting colours , everybody who tastes mulberries (of superior eating quality) confirms that it is one of the best fruits they have ever tasted....It is a mystery to me why this typically potential backyard fruit continuous to remain so unknown while in the ancient world it played such a vital role and even does so till this day.....

Dithmar Guillaume

I think it's because the fresh ones are best picked fresh when ripe, and Americans at least don't eat a lot of dried fruit. When my uncle had a tree in his backyard, I loved standing under it with my cousins eating the mulberries. I eat dried mulberries, but I've been eating them since I was a kid. It was hard to get them in the US, but now they're common wherever there are Afghans, but I think they're a bit of an acquired taste. KP Botany 00:09, 9 February 2007 (UTC)