The "No Problem" Fruit Tree

[Native Hunter]

• No fire blight
• No CAR
• No Scab
• No Mildew
• No disease
• No thorns or briers
• No blooms ever frozen out
• No insects (a few birds, but plenty for you and them)
• No pollination problems - every limb loaded with fruit every year
• No limb training
• Just wonderful fruit and lots of it

 

[lakngolf]

And turned the bottom of my feet PURPLE when I was a kid!

 

[dogdoc]

That's how I feel about persimmons.

 

[willy]

Of all the pear and apple varieties my Hewes crabapples are what checks off everything on your list on my farm

 

[Brushpile]

Mulberry is also highly preferred browse all Summer, and they are a fast growing tree!

 

[Native Hunter]

That's how I feel about persimmons.

Yes, I agree with that!!!

 

[Native Hunter]

Of all the pear and apple varieties my Hewes crabapples are what checks off everything on your list on my farm

That's good to know. I have a young Hewes fruiting for the first time this year. Come to think of it, it did look nice and clean when I looked at it Saturday.

 

[weekender21]

Do deer eat the fruit or just browse the new growth?

 

[Native Hunter]

Do deer eat the fruit or just browse the new growth?

Deer love the fruit too. But, mulberry ripens early, so no draw during hunting season.

 

[THE LLC]

My mulberries don't fruit every year. About every 5th year or so. Not sure if it's a pollination issue or what. But when they do....

 

[Doe Shooter]

My mulberries don't fruit every year. About every 5th year or so. Not sure if it's a pollination issue or what. But when they do....

There is a male mulberry. I have one in my yard. The white ones are the sweetest.

 

[THE LLC]

So do male mulberries produce fruit? Because mine does every so often.

 

[Doe Shooter]

So do male mulberries produce fruit? Because mine does every so often.

Never saw it bear fruit in 45 years. The female in the back yard every year. It's the center of attention in the critter world.

 

[Nebraskaz71]

I have about 12 males and 4 females in my yard, males never produce from what i've seen, deer hammer the fruit but it falls in june mostly here.

 

[TreeDaddy]

I have one bearing fruit on the edge of a pine plantation

They must be acid loving trees

bill

 

[j-bird]

Native - are those reds or whites? Reds are native in my area, but I am pretty sure all I have are whites. Even at that the birds like the fruit and the deer will browse young leaves in traffic areas on my place. From my perspective once they grow out of reach of deer they are of little use to them.....I have had decent luck hinging them in the past. The whites are more "invasive" in nature on my place so I don't manage for them, but I don't seek them out to destroy them either. They like to try to invade my CRP areas and will grow quickly if allowed.

Here is a link I found to try to tell the difference between red and white if anyone is interested.
https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/fnr/fnr_237.pdf

 

[catscratch]

Mulberry are awesome. I've found that deer love the leaves, don't know about browse or berries.
Catfish love mulberry also! Find one overhanging a creek when they are dropping and you'll find fish under it.

 

[KDdid]

Mulberry are awesome. I've found that deer love the leaves, don't know about browse or berries.
Catfish love mulberry also! Find one overhanging a creek when they are dropping and you'll find fish under it.

I've shot a ton of carp with my bow beneath overhanging mulberries. I see guys are now tying mulberry flies to catch them ole sucker mouths!



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[catscratch]

I've shot a ton of carp with my bow beneath overhanging mulberries. I see guys are now tying mulberry flies to catch them ole sucker mouths!



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Same here (but it isn't always with a bow...).

 

[Fish]

I thought you were going to post the next latest, greatest, cant live without, perfect drop time, annual bearing, apple tree!!!!!!! But i like mulberries too.