After reading posts from this gal (I hope that is still “politically correct”) rant and rave for a year about her ‘Dwarf Everbearing’ mulberry on Facebook’s Mulberry Growers USA, I messaged her and ask if she would send some leaves so I could examine them under the microscope for a “jigsaw puzzle” type cell pattern on the lower (abaxial) leaf surface. I have only seen this pattern on other ‘Dwarf Everbearing’ mulberries and on seedling true Morus nigras…and I have examined quite a few different mulberry cultivars. Well, analysis showed the “jigsaw” pattern, but probably not as pronounced as the smaller and thinner ‘Dwarf Everbearing’ that has tiny (1/4" or so) fruit (I had purchased mine from Logee’s). Besides the “jigsaw” pattern, it also appears to grow bush like (dwarf), and it’s fruit hug the branch, just like the other ‘Dwarf Everbearing’ (very little stem).
I would be interested how many other forum members are growing what they have believe to be a 'Dwarf Everbearing", and if their’s has the small, non-glossy leaves and 1/4" fruit (like Logee’s), or if their’s has larger, glossy leaves and 1/2" (or more) fruit.
I killed mine. My figs lived through the freeze, but Mr dwarf didn’t! The other dwarf (Geraldi) said “what freeze?” It loaded with fruit right now. What a winner that one is! A true genetic dwarf, even grafted it still dwarfs.
Geraldi seems not to, but what you describe sounds like the Thai dwarf or World’s Best, which seems very similar to Thai Dwarf.
I feel it is perhaps the most common. Agristarts clonal propagates it for nurseries (Ty Strode of Agristarts said he received the mother ‘Dwarf Everbearing’ from Logee’s).
Yes, it does seem very much like the Thai varieties; in growth habit
and leaf appearance especially…But it is different. I have examined Chiang Mai, World’s Best, and Issai, and none have that “jigsaw” cell pattern. From what Jan has said, it sounds like it buds out in the spring later than those I just mentioned. And also seems to have a shorter stem…much like Logee’s ‘Dwarf Everbearing’ or one of the true Morus nigras.
Maybe it’s a sport of Everbearing? Mine grew tree like, 5 feet tall. I don’t remember who gave me a cutting? I’m hoping something sprouts from the roots. I’ll be more careful with it.
My Tsarigradska mulberry (nigra) seedling looks not to be forming any fruit as 3rd leaf. I have heard that from seed it can take 5 or 6 years before they will fruit. Looks to be true.
I had a 2nd seed germinate but in 3 years it has remained a mirco dwarf, not getting any bigger than 2 inches so far.(3rd leaf). It has only produced spade leaves so far. The big one had spade leaves the first year.
Jan posted another video to YouTube about her Dwarf Everbearing mulberry tree that is much better that the Dwarf Everbearing that is commonly sold. She doesn’t know the northern zone range of this mulberry, but the common one has a very limited range (zones 7-10), so I am hoping that this one has a wider range. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmlHoZeg0nM
