Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1918 — TREE MAN HAS NEGLECTED [ARTICLE]

TREE MAN HAS NEGLECTED

For Some Reason, the Mulberry Was Never Given the Attention of Which It la Deserving. 7 —— Pliny says: “Of all the cultivated trees, the mulberry is the last that buds, which it never does until the cold weather is past, and it is therefore called the wisest of trees. But, when it begins to put forth buds, it dispatches the business in one night, and that with so much force that their breaking

forth may be evidently heard.” In alluding to the black mulberry, Pliny observes that there is no other tree that has been so neglected by the wit of man, either in grafting or giving it names. Oddly enough, this observation holds good to the present day, for our nurserymen still offer for sale the black,* or common, mulberry, and we are not aware of any varieties worthy of a varietal name, or even any variation from the wild type. We do not think this can be said of any other cultivated fruit. —Exchange.