RED MULBERRY (A/oras rubra, Linn.). 60 to 70 feet. 

 Round-headed, dense tree with milky sap. Trunk short; 

 branches stout. Bark reddish brown, dividing into scaly 

 plates. Wood orange, light, coarse, weak, durable in soil, 

 used for fencing and cooperage. Leaves variable in form, 3 

 to 5 inches long, broadly oval, saw-toothed, cordate at base, 

 thin, firm, dark green above, paler beneath, roughened by pale 

 pubescence above and soft hairs beneath. Veins joined in line 

 back of the margin. Flowers in stalked, axillary spikes, ap- 

 pearing with leaves. Fruit a fleshy, sweet, aggregate of 

 calyxes, about 1 inch long, red when full grown, purple when 

 ripe; edible, juicy. Dist.: Rich soil; Massachusetts to On- 

 tario, Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas; south to Florida and 

 Texas. 



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