I am very glad that the mulberry trees didn't die off. Any major die
off is a bad thing.

	I have a soft spot in my heart for mulberries. My closest friend when
I was about 10 had an enormous veteran mulberry in his yard. At about
six feet up, it spread out into a cluster of trunks. We built the
obligatory tree fort and spent hours climbing it, and of course we ate
every berry we could reach. Good times.

	I have heard that mulberry is good for turning.

	Gary Katsanis
Albion New York, USA

	-----------------------------------------From: "Mike Rock" 
To: "Matthew Groves", "oldtools@s..."
Cc: 
Sent: Monday June 8 2020 12:00:42AM
Subject: Re: [OldTools] Mulberry die off

Well, good news. Last week our 'dead' mulberry trees started to leaf 
 out, just started. Normally the ground would be covered with fallen 
 berries..... I don't know what happened either......we had some late 
 killing frosts, just now getting the garden in.
 Never been this late in sixty years.

 On 5/27/2020 4:19 PM, Matthew Groves wrote:
 > We have 20 or so on our property. I DID notice that none fruited
this 
 > year. I assumed weather (some late freeze or something), but I did
NOT 
 > check to see if they are all dead.
 >
 > Matthew Groves
 > Springfield, MO
 >
 >> On May 27, 2020, at 3:59 PM, Mike Rock > > wrote:
 >>
 >> Any ideas? Nematodes, root knot
 >

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