Oscar Mulberry Fruit Spread

Notes

About the Fruit

Mulberries sourced from Holly Flora, a brilliant florist who builds many of her arrangements directly from her farm in Ojai. Such a decadent ruby fruit preserved at its finest moment, a moment that is quite fleeting due to the fickle nature of this varietal. 

Origins

The Oscar mulberry is the child of a low tech cross breeding done by naturalist Oscar Clark in Riverside, CA (making them a local!). It comes from indigenous stock, with one of its parents being the red mulberry (Moris Rubra) that is native to North America. 

The Moris Rubra was used by many indigenous peoples including the Muskogee and Cherokee, for a variety of foods and tools including mulberry dumplings made with cornmeal, and bows made with mulberry branches.