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3. The JapanEwSe Group. — Morus Japonica, Audibert. — {M. alba var. 



siylosa of Bureau.) 



Leaves usually large, dull, rather thin, long-pointed, the rounded teeth 

 very large and deep, or the margin even almost jagged, the leaves upon 

 the young growth usually deeply lobed. This species has been introduced 

 very lately and it has not yet fruited in this country, so far as I know. It 

 is tender in the north when young. The fruit is described as short-oblong 

 and red. 



4. The Black Mulberry Group. — Moms nigra, Linn. 



Leaves dark dull green, rather large, tapering into a prominent point, 

 commonly very rough above, usually not lobed, the base equal or very 

 nearly so upon both sides, the teeth rather small and close, the branches 

 brown . The black mulberry is a native of Asia, probably of Persia and 

 adjacent regions. It is the species which is cultivated in the Old World 

 for its fruit. In America it is very little grown. It is not hardy, except 

 in protected places, in New England and New York. The Black Persian 

 mulberry of the south and of California is undoubtedly this species. This 

 variety, with others, was inserted in the Fruit Catalogue of the American 

 Pomological society for 1875. It was dropped from the Catalogue in 1883; 

 and has not been inserted since. It is named in Wickson's " California 

 Fruits," 1889, without particular comment. The same volume also men- 

 tions the Black mulberry of Spain, as having been fruited by Felix Gillet, 

 of Nevada City, California. This I take to be Morus nigra. There must 

 be large regions in this country which are congenial to the true black 

 mulberry, and it is strange that it is so little known. The fruit of this 

 species is much larger than that of any other, and it possesses an agreeable 

 sub-acid flavor. The fruits of Morus alba, however, are often too sweet 

 for most tastes when fully ripe, and in such case they should be picked 

 before they have fully matured. 



