A surprising quantity can be gathered from a comparatively small and young tree. Black mulberry fruits are more difficult to pick. Unwashed the berries will keep several days in a refrigerator in a covered container. The berries can be eaten out of hand or used in any way that other berries are used, such as in pies, tarts, puddings or sweetened and pureed as a sauce. Slightly unripe fruits are best for making pies and tarts.
Mulberries blend well with other fruits, especially pears and apples.
They can also be made into wine and make an excellent dried fruit, especially the black varieties. Large black fruit, over an inch long and almost as wide. Juicy with a rich, subacid flavor. The tree is fairly drought-resistant once established. Collier M. alba X M. rubra.