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Picking Mulberries LbNA #59035

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jul 10, 2011
Location: Springville Art Museum springville, Utah
City:Utah
County:Utah
State:Utah
Boxes:1
Planted by:PhotoGram
Found by: kimbest
Last found:Sep 11, 2011
Status:FFF
Last edited:Jul 10, 2011
One of my favorite memories of my Grandmother Bramall was that of walking with her along the road on the edge of the farm to a Mulberry tree one summer morning. There the two of us stood in the waist-high weeds, picked mulberries and put them in a honey-pail, at least the ones we didn't eat. If you have never tasted fresh mulberries right off the tree you have missed a wonderful treat, they are so juicy, sweet and bursting with the flavor of quiet summer days, definitely something to savor. some mulberries are white when ripe and others, like the ones we ate, are a deep burgundy color. YUMM!
Most of the mulberry trees around are actually the fruitless kind. It is rare find one that bears fruit because they are very messy trees, the fruit leaving dark stains on sidewalks, cars and fingers. I am always delighted when I do find one that bears fruit.

As an adult I remember taking our children to the Springville Art building where there was a Mulberry tree in the back. We always enjoyed sampling them. I also recall a big mulberry tree that was on the grounds of the McCurdy Doll Museum in Provo. I introduced our grandchildren to them there. Unfortunately the Doll Museum is now a thing of the past. We do miss both the Museum and the tree.

Clue
This is a re-plant.
Go to the Springville Art Museum at 100 East 7th South in Springville. Stand in the arch pictured above under the SMA and face the direction of the Family History Center.
go south and find the weeping mulberry in the photo. (I originally had this box planted near a Mulberry tree that bears fruit, but it and sever otherMulberry trees were cut down on these grounds. Under the weeping mulberry you will find a small evergreen tree. The box is buried in a shallow grave at the base of the evergreen. Enjoy!