Mulberry è una convenziuone quando nessun colore è stato fittato e la distribuzione del compano è

conosciuta

- 4 : viene usato come slam tries il compagno liciterà 4 su cui

o 4 = RKB a 
o 4 = RKB a 
o 4NT = RKB a 
o 5 = RKB a 
Naturalmente saltando il gradino dell’eventuale singolo o vuoto

- 4 è terminator, il compagno dichiara obbligatamente 4 e poi passerà sul contratto di manche

dichiarato dal compagno
- 4\4\5\5 = mild slam try con atout brutte
- 4NT = quantitativo

The Mulberry convention is designed to distinguish sign-offs, slam tries and Keycard
auctions where space is limited and many possible trump suits are in play. The classic
example is the following auction:
Responder may wish to play in any of the four suits and, depending on other responses to
the 2♦ opening, may be wishing to invite game, bid game or make slam tries of various
strengths. The auction does not permit all of that at comfortable levels using traditional
methods.
The Mulberry convention solves the problem by setting aside bids above the level of 3NT
for particular purposes. In particular:

 4♣ requires opener to bid 4♦, where upon responder will Keycard in a suit,
according to a specified priority (with 4♥, 4♠, 4NT and 5♣ being the Keycard
bids).
 4♦ is a "Puppet Auction Terminator"; Opener is required to bid 4 ♥ and then
Pass as responder places the final contract.
 Bids above 4♦ are mild slam tries. I believe the original version also had these
bids according to a specified priority for the given auction, but due to the
likelihood of "accidents" where one partner or the other forgets, many people
simply play them as "natural" slam tries.
I have been playing this convention for a little while, and it has a few features which I do
not particularly like.
Firstly, as noted, the mild slam try bids are easy to forget. To some extent, that is a price of
many more complex methods, so it was never a deal-breaker for me. Of course, these
ones usually look like they are sign-offs in game, making memory lapses more likely.
Secondly, I have never been particularly fond of Keycard. My preferred method of slam
investigation is cue-bidding and Turbo. Mulberry is not really conducive to that approach.
Thirdly, it requires one hand (the responder in my example auction) to make a decision
about whether the hand is a sign-off, a mild slam try or a slam drive (presuming the
requisite number of Keycards are held) at a time when often opener's shape is the only
information that responder possesses.
It occurred to me that a better way of solving Responder's problems in auctions of this
nature would be to identify the suit first and ascertain slam interest (if any) later. In order to
permit that information to be conveyed, at least "two under" transfers are needed. Thus
Mulleyberry was born.
In the example auction given (repeated here for convenience):

W
N
E
S
2♦
P
2NT
P
3♦
P
?
 4♣ tells opener that hearts are going to be trumps in at least game. Opener
can then "super-accept" with 4♦ with a hand which is slam suitable, or reject a
slam try with 4♥.
 4♦ tells opener that spades are going to be trumps in at least game. Opener
can then "super-accept" with 4♥ with a hand which is slam suitable, or reject a
slam try with 4♠.
 4♥ tells opener that clubs will be trumps. 4♠ is a super-accept, and in my
methods, Opener can "reject" with 4NT/5♣ whilst indicating Keycard parity.
 4♠ tells opener that diamonds will be trumps. 4NT is a super-accept, and in my
methods, Opener can "reject" with 5♣/5♦ whilst indicating Keycard parity.
Responder gets to then sign off in game or proceed towards slam if (s)he wants to via
whatever method is favoured. For me, that would be cue-bids with Turbo. For others, that
might be Kickback.
It is possible to remove "impossible" suits from this structure.For example:

W
N
E
S
1♥
P
2♣
P
3♦
 P
?
Spades is not a possible trump suit on this auction, so 4♦ can show clubs and 4♥ can
show diamonds to give additional cuebidding space. 4♣ remains as showing hearts.

This particular auction also illustrates that this method might expand the possibilities for
Mulberry-type auctions. In my methods, both opener and responder are unlimited on this
auction. This method enables opener to show useful extras for slam along the way once
responder has indicated that (s)he knows in which denomination the contract will be
played.
Furthermore, it means that the available bids below 3NT can be used to unequivocally
probe for strain. In the auction above, opener can bid 3♥ to promise a doubleton and use
3♠ (4th suit forcing) to deny holding that many hearts. With 3-card heart support,
responder would bid 4♣, as (s)he knows that hearts is the correct strain

I welcome any feedback on any of this - it is late night here and this came in a moment of
inspiration. I have learned that such inspiration is often flawed. I would also welcome
naming suggestions - the title of this article was very much tongue in cheek. In fact, I
would not be surprised to hear that such thoughts had already occurred to others long ago.