These three mulberries are probably the same accession propagated under 3 different names. Saharanpur Local mulberry came to my garden directly from USDA. Australian Green was donated by a friend, and Pakistan White came from a CRFG exchange. I do not see any differences in the fruit flavor, shape, or the tree size. The leaf shapes are identical too.
These are very fast-growing large trees that will require pruning. The fruits are long, very sweet, with no acidity. Occasionally, we have the plant material available at reallygoodplants.com
I think I have the three white mulberries (White Pakistan, Saharapur local/King White mulberry, Austraian Green) and my grafted branches do look different. Also the growing habit of two of them seems much different in my case. The White Pakistan I have is a very slow growing tree with thin side branches, all the fruits seem to be the same size and flavor.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. It’s possible there are different strains of White Pakistan are floating around.I don’t see the difference between there three I have still. They might become different under certain conditions or pest pressure.
ReplyDeleteThis year I hope to be able to taste the three variety I have (white long fruits) and let you know what I find about the tastes. I do know for sure that the White Pakistan trees I have do have much slower growth habits and branches grow different from the others.
DeleteThe leaves of my Australian Green are different in shape.
ReplyDeleteCan you post a picture? What about the fruits? are they the same?
DeleteYes, I agree. I noticed that the Australian Green type has larger leaves and they are not always smooth and round like the White Pakistan leaves in your picture. I will take some photos today and post today.
DeleteI just took photos today (3-20-21) to show the difference in the leaves and growth habit (Australian Green seems more vigorous). But I will need to post 12 photos to make my point. You can edit and show whichever photos you feel is sufficient. I took pictures of 2 Australian Green tree branches and 2 White Pakistan tree branches. The Australian Green scions are grafted on the same tree as the White Pakistan so its a fair comparison of the growth habits. I have 8 adult size trees so plenty to graft them to.
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Interesting. We could have different strains of these mulberries. My leaves do not look like as any of yours
DeleteCan you post a picture of the leaves of your Australian Green ?
ReplyDeleteI didn’t see any difference last year. The first picture in this post has all three cultivars. Right now the plants are just starting to develop the leaves. In a month I should have them
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