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Male and female flowers of the black mulberry grow on separate bushes but the fruits form on the female trees whether or not they have been fertilized.

Any of a group of trees consisting of a dozen species, including the black mulberry (M. nigra). It is native to western Asia and has heart-shaped, toothed leaves and spikes of whitish flowers. It is widely cultivated for its compound fruits, which resemble raspberries. The leaves of the Asiatic white mulberry (M. alba) are those used in feeding silkworms. (Genus Morus, family Moraceae.)

The red mulberry (M. rubra) of the eastern US also has large edible multiple fruits.

Mulberry

City in Polk County, central Florida, 14 km/9 mi west of Bartow; population (1990) 3,000.

Long established as a centre of phosphate mining, Mulberry became notorious for its lawlessness in the 1880s. In 1919 it was the scene of a violent strike. Much of the landscape of this area has been despoiled by opencast strip mining. In 1992, the first food irradiation plant in the USA opened here amid health and environmental controversies.
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The other Maryland heavyweights with national standing are a 349-point black mulberry (Morus nigra) in Westminster that bests Besley's old nomination by more than 100 points, and a newly crowned chestnut oak with a girth of nearly 23 feet.
Stature beyond size: don't let its small size fool you; Maryland is ... by Bronaugh, Whit / American Forests
Based on the research of Larry Santoyo, a ``food forest orchard'' of this kind might consist of ecologically compatible - and Valley compatible - species such as apple, Asian pear, walnut and black mulberry trees; silverberry (Elaeagnus) shrubs; golden currants (Ribes aureum), strawberries, mushrooms, carrots and dill; and nasturtium and marigolds.
IN THE GARDEN A FOOD FOREST ORCHARD IN YOUR YARD by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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