Mulberry Question

[Doug Reesor]

I got offered a branch from an old mulberry tree today (16" tapering to 10" diamber over 20' length). The heartwood of the cut is dark red. I haven't got any pictures but everything I found on the internet is much lighter in color. Can anyone give give me an idea of where to look for information or what variety of mulberry tree it is? :confused::confused:

Doug

[Scott Conners]

You might try http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/techmenu.html or http://www.oplin.org/tree/

[curtis rosche]

mullberry will darken with sunlight and age as with all woods. i think some just change different than others.

[Bob Hamilton]

This is a terrible picture of a mulberry bowl I turned several years ago. It was a fairly bright yellow when I turned it but changed to this color after a year or so.

http://www.bobhamswwing.com/justpics/mulbowl1.jpg

Your log may be a different color inside once you cut the ends off.

Take care
Bob

[Bernie Weishapl]

Doug I agree with Bob. I bet if you cut a couple of inches off one end you will find it is yellow. It will turn a brown color after a while. I sold one about 3 yrs ago and it is a reddish brown color now.

[Todd Burch]

mullberry will darken with sunlight and age as with all woods.

Walnut lightens with age.

[Joseph M Lary]

This is a piece I did a year ago . Hasnt started to change yet , I have some logs in the shop that have a nice brown ends on them .Its Red Mulberry.

[Doug Reesor]

Thanks everyone for your input. I guess I'll just take a whack at it with the saw and see what comes out