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Listen: The Folk ProgramMulberry's namesake tree.
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When the railroad extended its line into the phosphate field, there was a point convenient to the four big phosphate plants (Palmetto Phosphate, Kingsford, Bone Valley and Land Pebble) in operation in the vicinity of a large mulberry tree. It became custom to stop the trains and unload freight near the tree, and shipments were often marked "Put off at the big mulberry tree".
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