Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Edina, MN (Zone 4)
Posts: 945
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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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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Pleasant View, TN
Posts: 66
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Mulberry
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Evansville, IN
Posts: 2,984
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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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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Ontario
Posts: 3,893
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Yup. It's a Mulberry and it's edible
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Pleasant View, TN
Posts: 66
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They make good jellies. They are pretty seedy though like a black berry.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NE Louisiana, Zone 8A
Posts: 1,179
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I agree, it looks like a Mulberry. Fruit tastes good too.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 4,488
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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.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7
Posts: 3,207
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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. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 4,968
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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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