dwarf/semi dwarf mulbery tree?

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gg123456 Brooklyn, NY Feb 08, 2007

Is there such a thing as a dwarf/semi dwarf mulbery tree that produces good fruit?

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Lucky_P Hopkinsville, KY(Zone 6b) Feb 08, 2007

'Geraldi' is one that's sold as a dwarf. I've never seen it, so I can't attest to its stature or the quality of its fruits.
My 'Collier' tree is staying quite small, but it is planted in some really crappy clay - and I don't mean clay soil, I mean clay. All the other good fruiting selections I've got growing are making sizeable trees.

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gooley Hawthorne, FL(Zone 8b) Feb 13, 2007

Is 'Geraldi' the contorted mulberry I've seen in some catalogs? Those bear some fruit, or so say the catalogs' desciptions, but I dunno how much, how big, or for how long.

So far my mulberries have stayed small. Late frosts hit and trash the blossoms and blacken the leaves. Then when new growth shows, the deer show up and eat it all. On one tree they ate most of its aluminum label as well. Then the trees die. I plan to try again anyway.

Mark., stubborn

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Lucky_P Hopkinsville, KY(Zone 6b) Feb 13, 2007

No. Geraldi and 'Contorta' are two different entities - both are M.alba selections, but they're not one and the same.

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Connie_G Austin, TX(Zone 8b) Apr 28, 2013

Lucky,

I just planted a contorted mulberry I bought from a local nursery. It's so large I could barely fit it in my suv.... How are yours doing?

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