Mulberry species identification

[jujubemulberry]

meant nigras and gerardi’s are mulbs we don’t prune.

as requested, attached some pix of our mulbs below. Will post more pics later.

Purple reign

comparing true nigra members-- the noir, standard persian and black beauty triumvirate noir of spain and black beauty seem to be weeks earlier than standard persian, even though former two are ~two feet tall, and the latter was obtained as a 7 footer. noir with its first mature fruit. Apart from the tick-like fruiting habit, one could tell it is a true nigra if both sides of the leaf are hairy/velvety. Not sure if macro captured enough details [image] persian bears bigger berries, but takes…