I received scions from Lucky Pittman of local to him Morus rubra selections. Among these were Daugherty #1 and Daugherty #2. Daugherty #2 produced both male flowers and fruits for me, so it’s monoecious, and most definitely a real deal rubra. I’m excited about this as I expected all my rubra selections to be dioecious.
I have numerous cultivar mulberry varieties but really want to focus on breeding the rubras. How exactly to do this will be a bit of a trick considering all the wild mulberry pollen around me but i have some ideas. No nursery I have found offers real rubra seedlings. Offering those alone would be worth the venture, beyond that, making great fruiting selections is a secondary bonus. And then when crossed to alba, the chances for a superior everbearing go up.
I have about 10-12 rubra selections, males, females, and now the hermaphrodite. Still little trees but looking forward to more!