Mulberry
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Mulberry. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
a tree of the nettle family, related to the hop and to the Osage orange . It has a milky juice, broad leaves, and an aggregate fruit reminding one of a blackberry. The black mulberry is cultivated for its fruit, chiefly in Europe. The red mulberry is native to the United States , ranging from Massachusetts and Kansas to Florida and Texas. It is cultivated for its fruit and is not without value for lumber. The white mulberry is an Old World species. It is raised for its fruit, but chiefly for its leaves. The latter are the natural food of silkworms. See Pyramus And Thisbe; Silk 2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: BR 2026-07-22)
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) a genus of trees of the natural order Moraceæ, natives of temperate and warm climates, with diciduous leaves, unisexual flowers in short, thick spikes, a four-parted perianth, containing either four stamens or one pistil with two styles, the perianth of the female flowers becoming succulent pericarp, the and closing over the small mall whole spike coalescing into an aggregate fruit.