Name that tree???

recruiterg · June 27, 2015

Just moved into this house one year ago. Live in Minneapolis - zone 4. Tree has tons of raspberry/blackberry like fruit. I assume it is edible. Can anyone tell me what the tree is???

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flgatorguy87 · June 27, 2015

Mulberry

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travis · June 27, 2015

Yes, Mulberry. Berries come in dark blue when ripe, or the less common pale yellow/cream colored. Both are edible when ripe, but tend to give a belly ache when unripe and red. These are the berries responsible for the blue/purple bird doo on your windshield.

Labradors2 · June 27, 2015

Yup. It's a Mulberry and it's edible

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Linda

flgatorguy87 · June 27, 2015

They make good jellies. They are pretty seedy though like a black berry.

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pauldavid · June 27, 2015

I agree, it looks like a Mulberry. Fruit tastes good too.

Redbaron · June 27, 2015

All of the above are correct. It is a Mulberry, Makes for good fresh eating. Great jelly. Pretty much anywhere or any recipe that calls for raspberries can use mulberries. But as also noted above, best run through a strainer first when making cobbler or jellies due to the seeds.

However there is a use not mentioned yet. Really good chicken feed too. Chickens LOVE mulberries. So do almost all song birds. As long as you have plenty of mulberries, the birds shouldn't be pecking at your tomatoes.

Tracydr · June 27, 2015

Yummy. I love them and the trees are great shade trees. Birds love them,too.
Can get a little messy with the blue bird poop.
They volunteer a lot. I had one in OK and AZ, both volunteers from bird poop,I guess.

Tormato · June 30, 2015

Mulberry, yes.

But, Morus alba (white) or Morus rubra (red)? Your zone 4 tells me it's not Morus nigra (black). White mulberry will have undersides of leaves smooth, red mulberry will have undersides hairy. Red mulberries are usually a dark red, while white mulberries can be almost white to pale pink, pale lavender, a dark red to almost black, and maybe some other colors.

If there is no male pollinator nearby, fruit will be seedless (like my mulberry

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Unfortunately, birds has been eating nearly all of the fruit this year.

Gary

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recruiterg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Edina, MN (Zone 4) Posts: 945	Name that tree??? Just moved into this house one year ago. Live in Minneapolis - zone 4. Tree has tons of raspberry/blackberry like fruit. I assume it is edible. Can anyone tell me what the tree is??? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	All of the above are correct. It is a Mulberry, Makes for good fresh eating. Great jelly. Pretty much anywhere or any recipe that calls for raspberries can use mulberries. But as also noted above, best run through a strainer first when making cobbler or jellies due to the seeds. However there is a use not mentioned yet. Really good chicken feed too. Chickens LOVE mulberries. So do almost all song birds. As long as you have plenty of mulberries, the birds shouldn't be pecking at your tomatoes. __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture

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Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,959	Mulberry, yes. But, Morus alba (white) or Morus rubra (red)? Your zone 4 tells me it's not Morus nigra (black). White mulberry will have undersides of leaves smooth, red mulberry will have undersides hairy. Red mulberries are usually a dark red, while white mulberries can be almost white to pale pink, pale lavender, a dark red to almost black, and maybe some other colors. If there is no male pollinator nearby, fruit will be seedless (like my mulberry). Unfortunately, birds has been eating nearly all of the fruit this year. Gary

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flgatorguy87 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Pleasant View, TN Posts: 66	Mulberry Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

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travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	Yes, Mulberry. Berries come in dark blue when ripe, or the less common pale yellow/cream colored. Both are edible when ripe, but tend to give a belly ache when unripe and red. These are the berries responsible for the blue/purple bird doo on your windshield.

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Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,887	Yup. It's a Mulberry and it's edible . Linda

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pauldavid Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NE Louisiana, Zone 8A Posts: 1,179	I agree, it looks like a Mulberry. Fruit tastes good too.

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Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Yummy. I love them and the trees are great shade trees. Birds love them,too. Can get a little messy with the blue bird poop. They volunteer a lot. I had one in OK and AZ, both volunteers from bird poop,I guess.