Curious if anyone grows it and how cold hardy it is. Big white alba
Marta sells it but she is z9B and doesn’t know.
from her website
Thanks
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I am growing it but in z10a 
. I believe it comes from Iran which does get quite cold. Not sure which zone it falls under, though.
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Are there any white mulberries that have very good flavor. I mean complex fruity flavor… sweet and tart ?
I think they are known for being sweet… but sort of a one dimensional sweet only taste.
I had a nursery mixup… supposed to be IE… but ended up being a white mulberry. It had no real flavor… and just a mild sweetness.
I ended up grafting it over to Gerardi.
Gerardi taste much, much better.
If all white mulberies… tasted like mine did… I cant imagine anyone growing them past a few years.
TNHunter
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I have an El Dorado coming today and Lucile said it is very sweet with a taste of ripened canteloupe;
I share your tastes but we have 3 kids and they like the white albas (much like they like yellow raspberries for the same reason); our youngest gave White Ivory “20 thumbs up”
to answer your question, I believe most white/lavendar albas are sweet only; I believe there are some black fruiting albas that are sweet with a touch of tart and a little more complex but not like an alba X rubra hybrid
from other sites and discussions, sangue e latte is an alba that is supposed to have outstanding taste, complex sweetness but not a combination of sweet and tart
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Thanks - the only way to know is to try it; albas are usually pretty cold hardy so we’ll do this experiment.
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@rubus_chief … i prefer some good flavor including both sweet and tart… especially in berries.
But now I also enjoy a good watermelon or cantaloupe … which have no tartness… just good flavor and sweetness.
My CHE fruit (first year fruiting last year)… tasted much like a perfectly ripened watermelon with raspberry flavor mixed in… very good flavor and sweetness… no tartness.
Sometimes just good flavor and sweetness is all you need.
A sweet cantaloupe white mulberry… I think all of my family would like that.
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Albas can live here in Kansas but most of ours are crosses of red x white or maybe black. We do have white fruited types but they are rare.
These are my own variety i developed for my property. They are a cross of both.
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They are sweet, but when they are fully ripe, there is something to them (in small amounts) even for those of us who find plain sweetness boring and claim that sugar and icing will spoil any and all cakes.
However, they were grown mostly for drying and still are grown for this purpose commercialy. You can use the dried fruit insted of sugar in cakes - or with your diet probably more likely for homemade fruit&nut bars or in a mix with dried fruit that is too tart to be eaten on it’s own. For me that would go for mixes like walnuts, hazel nuts, dried sour cherries, white mulberries/ honey figs.
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