Cudrania, 'Darrow' seedless female Che Chinese Melonberry USDA Zone Hardiness_Zones 6-9 Prefers moist soils high in

Prefers moist soils high in organic content

Cutting back or pollarding will greatly reduce size and allow for easy harvest of new shoots

veteran growers and founders of the Hortus Arboretum and Botanical Gardens

Birds will eat the fruit if you are late to harvest and deer may browse both the fruit and foliage

it still has a place in modern gardens

Cudrania, 'Darrow' seedless female Che Chinese Melonberry USDA Zone Hardiness_Zones 6-9 Prefers moist soils high inCudrania tricuspidata 'Darrow' Name in Chinese and pin yin: 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