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  Mulberry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mulberry (Morus) is a genus of 10–16 species of deciduous trees native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa and North America, with the majority of the species native to Asia.
Mulberry leaves, particularly those of the White Mulberry, are also economically important as the sole food source of the silkworm, the cocoon of which is used to make silk.
Mulberries can be grown from seed, and this is often advised as seedling-grown trees are generally of better shape and health.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mulberry   (393 words)

  
 MULBERRY Fruit Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Adaptation: The white mulberry, and to a lesser extent the red mulberry, are quite tolerant of drought, pollution and poor soil.
The fl mulberry is the least cold-hardy of the three, although again cold tolerance seems to depend on the clone.
The fruits of white mulberries are often harvested by spreading a sheet on the ground and shaking the limbs.
www.crfg.org /pubs/ff/mulberry.html   (1689 words)

  
 Mulberry - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Mulberry refers both to the mulberry tree and to the fruit of that tree.
The mulberries are small to medium-sized trees native to warm temperate areas of Asia and North America.
Mulberry leaves, particularly those of the White Mulberry, are also economically important as the sole food source of the silkworm, whose cocoon is used to make silk.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /mulberry.htm   (312 words)

  
 Mulberry Cultivation and Utilization in India
Mulberry leaf is a major economic component in sericulture since the quality and quantity of leaf produced per unit area has a direct bearing on cocoon harvest.
Mulberry should be pruned after the completion of one year at the onset of next monsoon.
As mulberry is mainly propagated by cuttings in tropics and sub-tropics, certain quantity of pruned branches can be used for preparation of cuttings and the remaining as fuel wood.
www.fao.org /WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/AGA/AGAP/FRG/MULBERRY/Papers/HTML/Datta.htm   (4032 words)

  
 Mulberry Weed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Mulberry weed is an upright, summer annual weed which is rapidly spreading in container nurseries and landscapes in the southeastern United States.
Mulberry weed resembles a mulberry seedling, with an upright growth habit, roughly triangular leaves with toothed margins, and a somewhat woody stem; however, mulberry weed has hairy leaves and stems.
Mulberry weed appears to be controlled by several of the broad-spectrum preemergence herbicides commonly used in nursery stock, but apparently "breaks through" early.
www.ces.ncsu.edu /depts/hort/weeds/mweed1.html   (477 words)

  
 Mulberry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Red Mulberry, a species native to the entire Eastern United States, is taller and more open and gangly than its counterpart, achieving a height of 60 feet and a spread of 50 feet when found in the open.
Mulberry has a polymorphic type of leaf - that is, on the same branch, there are often multiple shapes to be seen (like the leaves of Sassafras).
Mulberry is a dioecious species, composed of male (creamy) and female (green) flowers borne on separate trees in mid-spring (upper left).
www.dnr.state.oh.us /forestry/Education/ohiotrees/mulberry.htm   (571 words)

  
 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Mulberry, Common - Herb Profile and Information
The cultivation of the Mulberry in Spain is implied by a reference to the preparation of Syrup of Mulberries in the Calendar of Cordova of the year 961.
Mulberry trees do not begin to bear fruit early in life, and few fruits can be expected from a tree before it is fifteen years of age.
Mulberry Juice is obtained from the ripe fruit of the Mulberry by expression and is an official drug of the British Pharmacopoeia.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/m/mulcom62.html   (3518 words)

  
 Morus alba 'Chaparral'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is usually top-grafted to a standard white mulberry about 6' off the ground, thus producing a 6-8' tall tree with an equal or wider spread wherein all branches and foliage weep to the ground.
Mulberries are dioecious (separate male and female trees).
The female version of this weeping mulberry is Morus alba 'Pendula' which does produce fruit (the fruit being both a blessing and a curse...
www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=E300   (155 words)

  
 Mulberry House | Welcome
The Mulberry House team brings together a comprehensive range of therapies and by working together, the therapists and teachers provide an integrated approach to health care.
Mulberry House, established in 1999, brings together an experienced team of therapists, teachers and doctors specialising in personalised, holistic health care.
Mulberry House has become known as 'a little oasis in the heart of the City'.
www.mulberryhouse.co.uk   (189 words)

  
 Mulberry Neckwear   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Because the Mulberry staff is increasing rapidly, the transition to a bigger building was inevitable.
Mulberry is currently in escrow on a 57,800 square foot facility at 880 Harbour Way in Richmond, and has placed the company headquarters at 1002 Second Street in San Rafael on the market.
Mulberry Neckwear has been manufacturing neckwear sine 1988, and is the second largest neckwear company in the United States.
www.mulberryneckwear.com /press.html   (200 words)

  
 Ensiling of mulberry foliage (Morus alba) and the nutritive value of mulberry foliage silage for goats in central ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The retention of N on the 100% mulberry silage diet (5.2 g/day) was almost 3 times as high as on the grass hay diet.
Mulberry plants grow very well in the spring and autumn in Central Vietnam and there is often a surplus of biomass in these periods.
In order that mulberry forage could be used as a protein supplement for ruminants throughout the year; appropriate methods of conservation of mulberry should be considered.
www.cipav.org.co /lrrd/lrrd17/2/ba17015.htm   (2196 words)

  
 mulberry --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Old fustic, or yellowwood, is derived from the heartwood of dyer's mulberry, a large, tropical American tree (Chlorophora tinctoria, or Maclura tinctoria) of the mulberry family, Moraceae.
Mulberry trees are cultivated in temperate regions for silk production, for their fruit, and as ornamental trees.
The leaves of the white- to pinkish-fruited white mulberry, native to Asia, are fed to silkworms.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9054200?tocId=9054200   (718 words)

  
 Jacob Sullum -- Reason magazine
"Mulberries ripen over an extended period of time," notes the Web site of California Rare Fruit Growers Inc., " unlike many other fruits which seem to come all at once." This is fine if the tree is in an orchard, but not if it’s at the top of a hill in your front yard.
Inevitably, people track mulberry goo into the house, and soon the floor is so sticky that your shoes make a thwack thwack thwack sound as you walk across it.
Grieve concedes that "the Mulberry was far more esteemed in ancient times than at present," and the California Rare Fruit Growers note that "the white mulberry is considered a weed tree in many parts of the country."
reason.com /sullum/071200.html   (691 words)

  
 Morus alba
Mulberry leaves are sometimes eaten as a vegetable and are useful as a cattle fodder.
In India, mulberry is either grown as a field crop (plants kept in form of bushes and the leaves harvested several times a year for the multivoltine race of silkworms) or as a tree (leaves harvested only once a season for rearing univoltine races of silkworms).
According to Reed (1976), insects causing most damage to mulberry are: Phenococcus hirsutus (sucks sap of stem, leaf or petiole, causing severe curling and crinkling of leaves and swelling and twisting of apical regions), Pseudodendrothrips ornatissima (thrips), and white grubs and termites.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/duke_energy/Morus_alba.html   (2187 words)

  
 Ohio Trees, Bulletin 700-00, Morus – Mulberry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The red mulberry is native and occurs throughout the state.
The white mulberry and paper mulberry, which are sometimes found in waste places, are introduced species which have, to some extent, become naturalized.
The red mulberry is a small tree, rarely 50 feet high and 2 feet in diameter, often found growing in the shade of larger trees.
ohioline.osu.edu /b700/b700_32.html   (554 words)

  
 Mulberry FAQ - VUmail - Vanderbilt University ITS Dept.
Mulberry uses either IMAP4 or POP3 protocol for accessing your messages on a VUmail server, SMTP protocol for sending messages, and IMSP for remote storage of your preferences/configuration.
Mulberry uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) by default, meaning that communication between your client and the VUmail server will be encrypted to thwart eavesdropping (including the login process, so your password is secured).
The Mulberry Reference Guide provides explanations on each of the tabs and all of the settings in each tab.
www.vanderbilt.edu /vumail/mulberry/faq.php   (1834 words)

  
 BBC - Comedy Guide - Mulberry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
An offbeat fantasy sitcom starring Karl Howman as the mysterious Mulberry, a man who appears at the household of a cantankerous spinster, Miss Farnaby, and inveigles himself on to the staff as her manservant.
Mulberry's arrival brings a jolt of freshness to the place and he gradually begins to bring Miss Farnaby out of herself and repair the broken relationship that exists.
But Mulberry is not all he seems; in fact, he is an apprentice Grim Reaper who has come to the house to escort Miss Farnaby to the next world.
www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/guide/articles/m/mulberry_1299002220.shtml   (420 words)

  
 Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Leaves without lobes resemble basswood leaves except that the sides are equal at the base, while basswood leaves are unequal or lopsided at the base.
The fruit is similar to that of the white mulberry, a native of Asia, which has been planted extensively in the state for its fruit.
Mulberry can't be recommended for forestry purposes, but is an excellent ornamental tree, and it furnishes food for birds.
www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/land/forestry/treeid/TreePgs/morusrubra.htm   (203 words)

  
 DESCRIPTION OF MULBERRY TREE
The mulberry tree is used by man since a very long time.
Mulberry trees are able to grow in very poor soils.
Fruits, leaves, roots of mulberry trees may have medical uses, but this have to be more studied.
www.unifi.it /project/ueresgen29/ds15.htm   (442 words)

  
 Mulberry Technologies, Inc.
Mulberry Technologies, Inc., is an XML and SGML consultancy specializing in applications that have a text design, processing, interchange, or display component.
Mulberry has been following the development of XML and XML applications since one of our staff was invited to join the original XML Working Group (later renamed XML Special Interest Group).
Members of Mulberry’s staff are active in standards developments and speak regularly at conferences.
www.mulberrytech.com   (236 words)

  
 Fruits in the home garden - Mulberries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The mulberry tree prefers a well-drained soil and a sunny situation in the home garden.
Mulberry trees can be grown from cuttings collected in winter.
Mulberry trees begin to bear fruit in the first or second year after planting.
www.dpi.qld.gov.au /business/15319.html   (509 words)

  
 Red Mulberry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
White mulberry, on the other hand, may sometimes grow to a height of 50 feet and 16 inches in diameter.
The twigs of red mulberry are moderately stout and zigzagged on new growth.
The buds are larger than on white mulberry and have a two-toned appearance with green and brown bud scales.
www.conservation.state.mo.us /nathis/plantpage/flora/motrees/p32.htm   (384 words)

  
 Mulberry
Members of the mulberry family are distinguished from the other members of the order by the presence of milky sap containing latex.
Two species are native to North America: red mulberry, widespread in the eastern United States; and Texas mulberry, a small tree or shrub that occurs scattered across the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
White mulberry has been cultivated for centuries in China, and its leaves are the main food of the silkworm.
www.charliechucksfruitwood.com /Mulberry.htm   (249 words)

  
 Mulberry Episode Guide
Mulberry tries to break the tradition of misery on Guy Fawkes Night at Farnaby Manor, where Bert and Alice are obliged to prepare fireworks and refreshments for Miss Farnaby alone.
Mulberry has a tragic accident while helping Miss Farnaby fulfill a promise made to her late cousin.
Miss Farnaby surprises Mulberry by driving herself to the library, and by inviting a gentleman to dine with her.
www.tvheaven.ca /mulberry.htm   (1491 words)

  
 Mulberry (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The plural form of the Hebrew bekaim is rendered "mulberry trees" in 2 Sam.
The tree here alluded to was probably the aspen or trembling poplar.
By "the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees" we are to understand a rustling among the trees like the marching of an army.
www.www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/mulberry.html   (140 words)

  
 Information Technology - Software: Mulberry
Mulberry uses IMAP to let you access your Oak e-mail from any computer.
Mulberry stores all messages, address books, and preferences on your Oak account so you don't have to worry about losing messages or addresses as you move from computer to computer.
Mulberry is available at no charge to all Ohio University employees and students.
www.ohio.edu /software/mulberry.cfm   (144 words)

  
 ISAMET - The Home of Mulberry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Whilst there might be some opportunity to recover those at some point in the future, there would certainly be no business left from it as customers would likely have switched or be in the process of switching to alternative clients.
The last set of releases we did yesterday will hopefully allow continued use of Mulberry whilst other options are examined and evaluated by you.
Transitioning data from Mulberry to elsewhere should not be too difficult as all our local data formats are standards based - though things like rules and preferences will of course have to be recreated.
www.isamet.com   (484 words)

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