At the Shaker village in Canterbury, NH there was mulberry tree. It was pointed out to us by one of the workers. She encouraged us to pick some and eat them.
I will say that they were absolutely delicious, although a little messy. I had never seen a mulberry tree before and wonder if they don't grow in NY state. I think they definitely should! I would like one in my yard. I ate several of them before moving on to the rest of the museum.
I also wonder why in the nursery rhyme, it is called a mulberry bush. It was definitely a tree.
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We have a mulberry 'bush' in our backyard. And our neighbours have a HUGE tree.
They are great for collecting leaves when it is silkworm season. But bad when the fruit is ripe - the birds eat it and then poo on the washing on the line. Arggghhh.
Cool! I think there was some kind of berry tree growing at Robert Treman State Park way back when, but I can't recall what Dad said it was.
So that is what it is! Never saw one either.
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