Hopefully they get to that size. I will keep the tree no matter its still good.
sorry to hear that, send me a message, I may be able to sell you another Silk Hope to graft back on your rootstock.
Gerardi have definately improved…
Possibly from more heat ?
It has been ripening fruit now for a little more than a month… and these later fruits have more flavor for sure and sweetness. No real tartness yet… perhaps next year.
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Assistance, mulberry gurus:
Finally got pics before berries are devoured (by us, birds, dog). These 2 trees are quite old snd large, here when we bought the property.
These mulberries are pale colored; sugary and delicious while golden white and sugar bomb when blushed lilac. They never progress to black or even full purple. They taste like floral honey, no deep mulberry taste.
What is this tree?
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well, theres not really enough info to know entirely what it is, but its definitely Morus alba- white mulberry. They can make fruit of any color- white, lavender, red, black- and still be a white mulberry as the name is not related to the fruit color (confusing, eh?) From your description, they are probably random seedlings. Lavender fruit is not at all uncommon.
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Thanks, but I’ll wait to try again nest spring.
Thanks 
definitely old random trees
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Re IE, I agree with @hobilus on this one. Mine looked like his, before it blew down in a big storm.
@scottfsmith – How big was your tree? When mine was 6-7 years old, it was 20’ high (after serious pruning) and 30’ wide. It produced enough to keep the birds happy and provide me with a nice bowl of fruit each day.for almost 2 months.
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My 10-year-old tree was 20’ wide by 30’ tall 
I expect I have more birds than you do, I have had a tasty treat smorgasbord set up in my yard for over 20 years and have probably grown my own little population.
The Kokuso just finished ripening the last fruits and the birds were just starting to mass as it finished. Perfect timing!
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Getting a second flush of fruit on most of the everbearing types here.
First wave on IE was mostly lost to Popcorn Disease. Less affected fruits on this second flush, but we were exceedingly dry for a while there, which may have diminished fungal spore production.
Silk Hope and Corral are producing their typical heavy crops of extremely tasty fruits. Earlier in the season, I did find a couple of fruits on Silk Hope with a couple of drupelets infected with PD… so I can no longer hope that it is immune to the infection… but possibly somewhat resistant… or it may just be a matter of time until all of my albaXrubra hybrids are affected.
Stearns is bearing sparingly - but it’s only in its third leaf, so I’m hoping it steps up its game in coming years, as the fruit is very tasty and of good size.
The local M.rubra (Harmony Grove) that I’ve had grafted & growing here for 20+ yrs has been fruiting over a much longer timeframe than usual.
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@scottsmith – Your tree was roughly the same size as mine, so yes you must have more birds. You poor guy!
FWIW, my worst bird pest is Catbirds. Robins also love berries. Other species are a minor problem. But a single squirrel is equivalent to a flock of birds.
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those two do a number, but here no one can match these bandits:
the cedar waxwings show up like clockwork as soon as the wild strawberries come ripe. watching them go to work on a bush is harrowing. they hang upside down and methodically go through until picked clean. they flock together. have had 20 some years. its a flock of 13 this year. i see them stripping the white currants already even though theyre still green.
my running theory is you just have to plant so many berries that they can’t possibly get them all
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Cedar waxwing is a beautiful bird. I’ve seen it here only fleetingly. I’ve seen many more on canoe fishing trips near you in VT. At the time, I wished that they were more common in my neighborhood. You’ve made me thankful that they are not.
My next major project is bird netting. I’ve already got the materials ordered for a cover over my 18 blueberry bushes. I jury-rigged something for my Gerardi dwarf mulberries. And I desperately need a cover for my honey berries.
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Your leaves don’t seem to have the 3 fingers as mine.
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Hmm. I’ve noticed that sometimes mulberry leaves are fingered like fig leaves, sometimes they are not.
I have 100% confidence in my variety though— I got my scionwood from @marta. I also got some later wood from USDA directly. I haven’t carefully looked at the leaf shape on those yet.
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What cultivar are you talking about?
It is DMOR9.
I’ll take a picture of my leaves
