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05-09-2009, 09:12 AM
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| | | ID tree+shrub with unusual fruit
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05-09-2009, 09:15 AM
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| | | Re: ID tree+shrub with unusual fruit
The red fruit is growing on a Mulberry, which one I'm not sure.
Edit - Black Mulberry with heart shaped leaves.
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05-09-2009, 09:23 AM
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| | | Re: ID tree+shrub with unusual fruit
The red fruit is Black Mulberry (Morus nigra), and the other is Indian Pokeweed (Phytolacca acinosa) |
05-09-2009, 12:34 PM
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| | | Re: ID tree+shrub with unusual fruit
Try the mulberries when they're ripe - they're the finest soft fruit you can get!
You'll soon find out why they aren't sold in the shops. They're very juicy and squashy and consequently don't travel or store well.
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05-09-2009, 05:08 PM
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| | | Re: ID tree+shrub with unusual fruit
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Originally Posted by Jim Ford  Try the mulberries when they're ripe - they're the finest soft fruit you can get!
You'll soon find out why they aren't sold in the shops. They're very juicy and squashy and consequently don't travel or store well.
Jim | And a wasp magnet! |
06-09-2009, 08:23 AM
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| | | Re: ID tree+shrub with unusual fruit
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Originally Posted by Jim Ford Try the mulberries when they're ripe - they're the finest soft fruit you can get!
You'll soon find out why they aren't sold in the shops. They're very juicy and squashy and consequently don't travel or store well.
Jim | I would say they were a little to acidic. But they are tasy and very messy  |
06-09-2009, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by nakedgardener And a wasp magnet! | Yep i noticed that this year too.... Figs too semm to be wasp magnets |
06-09-2009, 12:00 PM
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| | | Re: ID tree+shrub with unusual fruit
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Originally Posted by wildherbalian85 I would say they were a little to acidic. But they are tasty and very messy | Mulberries are yummy... But, as you say, very messy. My partner was working at a wedding (he's a juggler) and they had an area set aside for the kids to play in... Underneath a mulberry tree! He said it was hilarious seeing all these little kids in their posh white dresses, getting splotched with mulberries. |
06-09-2009, 12:36 PM
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| | | Re: ID tree+shrub with unusual fruit
Does anybody know where these grow? |
06-09-2009, 01:37 PM
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| | | Re: ID tree+shrub with unusual fruit
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Originally Posted by Amoeba Does anybody know where these grow? | Gardens, parks - they're an introduction so are not found in the wild. People don't generally know what they are, so don't eat them. As I mentioned earlier, the most delicious of the soft fruits. Those that state they're a bit acid probably picked them too early. The best way to harvest them is to lay an old sheet on the ground and shake the tree - the ripe berries will fall off. Wear old clothes when you're gathering them!
There's one in the walled garden adjacent to the abbey in St Albans, also a big one in the garden of Kelmscot Manor (William Morris's house).
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