Cudrania, 'Norris' female and 'Daniecki' male COMBO tree

  Cudrania tricuspidata 'Norris' and 'Daniecki' Name in Chinese and pin yin: 柘 zhe Variety description: This under appreciated fruit is a relative of mulberry and fig, and is native to central China. In addition to being grown for its fruit, traditionally Che leaves were used as a secondary food source for silk worms. Self-fertile seedless female trees bear a prolific crop of maroon-red, 1-2" fruit. Ripe fruit have a sweet flavor which is often compared to that of a fig with notes of watermelon. We graft our Che onto Osage orange (Maclura pomifera) rootstock so that as the plant matures it will develop less of a bush and more of a standard tree form. Young plants have small thorns. These trees are budded with two cultivars ('Norris' (female) and 'Daniecki' (male). This tree will produced pollinated seeded fruit. We have found that pollinated fruit is much more likely to ripen in our cool New England summers) 'Norris' This cultivar was discovered by nurseryman Cliff England growing in