Black mulberry

12 Ft high bush which is 12 yers old. Purchased from a Garden Centre at Ledbury. The bush has a sheltered position in the side garden of a bungalow. Produces healthy heart shaped leaves in May and started fruiting in small quantities in its 8th year . Some of the leaves suffer diedback due to wet and windy conditions on the South Pennines

This tree situated in a pubic park created in 1889 is really quite big despite reportedly recently being much bigger and indeed several major branches have been lost. Tree looks in good health with good crop of fruit July 2009. The park land was donated to the public by William Minet in 1889, the park gets its name from its previous use as a strawberry and rhubarb market garden run by a Joseph Myatt (the Myatts were amongst most notable popularisers of eating rhubarb as food rather than medicine). Given this origin for the park it seems quite possible that this mulberry tree pre dates the park, was a commercial fruit tree before.

3 old trees in Georgian period park square. All the trees have fallen over on their sides and are now propped up and in one case metal band around main trunk - noticeable all are fallen over in same direction so suggestion all came down in the same storm. The square's garden was apparently completed in 1799 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Square and there would seem every reason to think these trees date from then. One of the trees has a side that is looking a bit in stress, smaller less green leaves. All have rather small leaves and not too heavy fruit, slightly riper than other trees further south in Lambeth as of July 15th 2009. All there trees show signs of being climbed a lot by the local school kids. People who would have known these trees include Charlie Chaplin who lived at 39 West Square for a brief period as a child and William Blake who lived till 1800 at 13 Hercules Building on Hercules Road a few minutes walk away. Blake related he first saw angels in the branches of a mulberry tree on Peckham Rye as a child.

very mature medium sized tree in good health

North West of the mouth of the river Humber.

"The Mulberry Tree is in good heart but is taking a rest at the moment and has lain down facing Southish. I haven't been close up to the tree since 2000 as it is on private property, but it seems to be reasonably well. It would need close inspection to establish it's overall health. When I was last able to have a close look I couldn't find any young trees at all, but noticed that there was a lot of undergrowth (nettles and briers) growing into the lower part of the tree, excluding light, killing off the lower branches and probably cutting down the chance of any natural layering taking place."

The tree is located in a grass field in the middle of the Skeffling, and I believe that it was one of the original Black Mulberry Trees planted [misguidedly] on instruction from King James 1 in about 1650 ish. It fruits well but there are no young mulberry trees in evidence. This area is boulder clay with a high water table. We are about 20 ft above sea level.

North of the mouth of the river Humber.

"The Mulberry Tree is in good heart but is taking a rest at the moment and has lain down facing Southish. I haven't been close up to the tree since 2000 as it is on private property, but it seems to be reasonably well. It would need close inspection to establish it's overall health. When I was last able to have a close look I couldn't find any young trees at all, but noticed that there was a lot of undergrowth (nettles and briars) growing into the lower part of the tree, excluding light, killing off the lower branches and probably cutting down the chance of any natural layering taking place."

North of the mouth of the river Humber.

"The Mulberry Tree is in good heart but is taking a rest at the moment and has lain down facing Southish. I haven't been close up to the tree since 2000 as it is on private property, but it seems to be reasonably well. It would need close inspection to establish it's overall health. When I was last able to have a close look I couldn't find any young trees at all, but noticed that there was a lot of undergrowth (nettles and briars) growing into the lower part of the tree, excluding light, killing off the lower branches and probably cutting down the chance of any natural layering taking place."