. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. RED MULBERRY, Morus rubra Fig. ^2s. Branchlets with mature leaves and fruit, i ; an assortment of leaves, _- • branchiwinter, 3. 226. Trunk of tree in Genesee valley near Scotts Hill, N, Y. IIaxi)H()(i OK THE XoirniKiJN States and Canada. 199 Tlie Red Mulberry wlieii growing in the foi-est attains the height of from CO to 80 ft. anJit sometimes 3 or 4 ft in diameter of growing apart from the iiilluence ofother trees it develops a eompait. broad,rounded top of many small bran
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. RED MULBERRY, Morus rubra Fig. ^2s. Branchlets with mature leaves and fruit, i ; an assortment of leaves, _- • branchiwinter, 3. 226. Trunk of tree in Genesee valley near Scotts Hill, N, Y. IIaxi)H()(i OK THE XoirniKiJN States and Canada. 199 Tlie Red Mulberry wlieii growing in the foi-est attains the height of from CO to 80 ft. anJit sometimes 3 or 4 ft in diameter of growing apart from the iiilluence ofother trees it develops a eompait. broad,rounded top of many small branehes, and theshort trunks of these isolated trees arc some-times thicker than the measurements abovenoted. It is a handsome tree with large dis-tinct leaves, on account of which it casts adense shade, and is well worthy of beingplanted as an ornamental shade tree. It in-habits rich bottom-lands ami low hillsideswliich it enlivens in autumn with its brightpale-yellow autumnal garb. Its sweet juicyfruit, very much resembling a blackberry inappearance, is esteemed as one of our choicen;itive fruits, and some natural varieties, dis
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