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Illinois Everbearing
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Illinois Everbearing is a hardy US mulberry cultivar—long fruiting season of medium-large black-sweet berries on a vigorous tree suited to cold winters. Flavour is good sweet with mild tartness; stains apply. Reliable backyard producer versus finicky black mulberry in harsh zones. Sheet collect for weeks as fruit ripens in waves. Jam and freeze pulp. Expect bird battles. Self-fertile convenience for single-tree yards. Not seedless—expect tiny crunch.
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Illinois Everbearing was selected for long season and hardiness in the US Midwest.
It became a standard recommended fruiting mulberry for cold climates.
Nurseries nationwide stocked Illinois Everbearing.
It remained the default hardy everbearing mulberry cultivar.