. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1034 MOEUS MORUS. -fc-' â¢'â -":''!*' _ .'..'.....uili^iK'tJ,.''- â¢- â 1428. Teas' Weeping Mulberry. fruits are an inch long, but they are oftener only half that length, and one sometimes finds trees on which the fruits are barelj' a quarter of an inch in length. Now and then a tree bears fruit
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1034 MOEUS MORUS. -fc-' â¢'â -":''!*' _ .'..'.....uili^iK'tJ,.''- â¢- â 1428. Teas' Weeping Mulberry. fruits are an inch long, but they are oftener only half that length, and one sometimes finds trees on which the fruits are barelj' a quarter of an inch in length. Now and then a tree bears fruit nearly or quite black. Birds, poultry and hogs are fond of these Mulber- ries. The trees are usu- ally very thick-topped and bushy growers, but occasionally one is seen which, when young, has branches as straight and trim as a Northern Spy apple. These half-wild trees are seedlings, and this accounts for their var- iability. [M. Tatdrica, Linn.). Russian Mulberkv. Figs. 1422-25,1431. A hardy type of Mortis alba which was intro- duced into our western states during 1875-77 by the Russian Mennonites. It dif- fers little from the type of Morns alba in botanical characters. As commonly seen, it is a low-growing very bushy-topped, small tree with small and much-lobed Ivs. The fruit is usually very small and insipid, and varies from creamy white to violet, deep red and almost black. Var. nervdsa, Hort. Fig. 1429. Lvs. contracted and jagged, and very strongly marked with many white veins. It bears fruit a half-inch long. Among the horticultural curiosities this tree should find a place, although it is not grown by our nurserymen. Its orna- mental value is considerable, especially when striking effects are desired. Rare in America. A large specimen stands in the grounds of the Department of Agriculture at Washington. The history of the Nervosa Mulberry is obscure. Delile described it in a French periodical as long ago as 1826, and it is described in monograph
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