White Mulberry?

[okie64]

I found what I think is a white mulberry in an overgrown fencerow last summer. The bark looked like a red mulberry but the berries were white all summer. Just wandering if anyone has tried it for bows? The tree was only about 6 inches in diameter and Im guessin it will have some sapwood. Should I cut it or let it grow a few more years?

[Dan Landis]

okie64, most of the mulberry from my area of PA has about 1/2" or more of sap wood.  I've cut several trees in the 8 to 10" range and chased a ring to get my back.  I have read that a bow can be made with the sap wood for the back, but I've never tried it.  I'm sure there's a bow or two in there.

Dan

[don s]

mulberry is in the same family as osage.
                                   don

[Diamondback59]

OKIE  WHITE AND RED ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME  BUT  RED IS JUST A BIT BETTER  IT WILL WORK  I DONT LIKE TO CUT MAULBERRY UNLESS IT S 8- 10 IN AROUND  I LOVE THE STUFF NEXT TO YEW AND OSAGE  WORK IT THE SAME S YOU WOULD OSAGE BUT GO A LIL WIDER ON MAULBERRY  BROCK