Re: Mystery tree
Doxiadis/Malefakis wrote:
>
> Thank you for the suggestion, Moira. I'll go back and check with him,
> though he was very insistent about "no flowers no fruit"--for an outdoor-
> restaurant keeper that means "no litter" and unless the flowers are
> totally negligible as litter, you'd think he would have noticed (unless
> of course they flower extremely early, before it's al fresco eating
> season). I've researched the tree on the net and except for that
> everything's a perfect match.
Cali
Well, if the female flowers are like those of the common mulberry they
are so tiny and wispy he could well have missed them. Alternatively, as
someone else suggested, it could be a sterile clone.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
