Author Topic: Mulberry (Read 5017 times)

sleek · « **Reply #15 on:** December 17, 2013, 10:36:06 pm »

Bet you can see the monthly rings n that...

Pappy · « **Reply #16 on:** December 18, 2013, 08:03:56 am »

Nice haul,is that the one you showed me while I was down ?
Pappy

Hillbilly · « **Reply #17 on:** December 18, 2013, 09:22:42 am »

Quote from: mullet on December 17, 2013, 09:07:28 pm

Quote from: Pat B on December 17, 2013, 09:03:42 pm
Nice catch, Eddie. I've never seen mulberry with that kind of coloration.

Pat; I've talked to Steve about our mulberry. It seems to resemble osage a lot more then the red mulberry that grows up north. I've had people try to give or trade me some from up y'alls way and I don't want it. It seems a light less dense then what grows down here and this is almost as yellow as osage.

Eddie, that's probably Chinese (white) mulberry. I haven't had any problems with our red mulberry, either-I love it, made everything from flatbows to a stacked ELB from it. One of my favorite woods. It's not as dense as osage, but it's tough as nails, and it grows straight without all the pin knots. You can usually chase a ring on a stave in a few minutes.

Joec123able · « **Reply #18 on:** December 18, 2013, 09:59:31 am »

Wow big rings mulberrys known for it tho Pretty decent bow wood and for how fast it grows not to soft

mullet · « **Reply #19 on:** December 18, 2013, 11:13:43 am »

Pappy, yep, that's the one.

Steve, does White Mulberry have the red fruit? This one did.

Hillbilly · « **Reply #20 on:** December 18, 2013, 11:57:04 am »

Yep, white-turning reddish fruit that's smaller than the native mulberry fruits. A white mulberry tree looks just like an osage without thorns until you look at the leaves. Bark and all looks pretty much the same.

Parnell · « **Reply #21 on:** December 18, 2013, 01:02:27 pm »

Wow! Hope there is a stave with my name on it in there. Let me know if you want help processing it, got 2 weeks off coming up!

mullet · « **Reply #22 on:** December 18, 2013, 01:37:42 pm »

That's what it is Steve.

Steve P., there should be plenty.

stickbender · « **Reply #23 on:** December 19, 2013, 09:59:54 pm »

Dang, you always seem to be at the right place at the right time! Nice! Hmmm been growing on reclaimed soil from the phosphate mines..... Does it glow in the dark?

Man, how long are you going to let cure? I would like buy a stave from you. It looks like it might have some twisty turns in it. I have one in my back yard, but not that big. It is only about five or six inches in diameter. Bugs got the leaves, but it will come back. Yep a very hard, and hardy tree. I have cut some limbs from it while pruning it.

Wayne

mullet · « **Reply #24 on:** December 19, 2013, 10:40:17 pm »

Come ad get it, Wayne, you know I'm not selling you anything.

stickbender · « **Reply #25 on:** December 20, 2013, 02:42:09 am »

Deal! I will bring my famous Lima Beans, and a jar of my even more famous Bar-BQ sauce. It will have to be after the second week or so of January. If you are going to be around, and not rambling around the world. Thanks.

Wayne

mullet · « **Reply #26 on:** December 20, 2013, 09:55:11 am »

Make it the third week, I'll be in Israel the first two.

Hillbilly · « **Reply #27 on:** December 20, 2013, 10:25:32 am »

Quote from: mullet on December 20, 2013, 09:55:11 am

Make it the third week, I'll be in Israel the first two.

There goes any prospects for peace in the middle east.

Pappy · « **Reply #28 on:** December 20, 2013, 10:38:30 am »

Pappy

stickbender · « **Reply #29 on:** December 20, 2013, 04:11:08 pm »

Quote from: mullet on December 20, 2013, 09:55:11 am

Make it the third week, I'll be in Israel the first two.

Third week it is! Israel?! Oy Vey! Vot you doing there? They have Phosphate mines there? Or are you doing other mining stuff? See if you can get some Eliat, it is the Israeli version of turquoise. Vell I hope you haf a Vunderful time there. Don't tip! They will begin to expect it!

Meshugana!

Wayne

Primitive Archer