Easy to grow and tough attractive tree with contorted branches and glossy bright green leaves that turn yellow in fall. Grows 10-20 ft. Fragrant light yellow flowers bloom in midsummer and make excellent bee forage. The small brown fruits, sometimes call Chinese Dates, are like a sweet crisp apple in green stage, an... (continued below)
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Jujubes (Ziziphus Jujuba)
Jujubes (Ziziphus jujuba)
Easy to grow and tough attractive tree with contorted branches and glossy bright green leaves that turn yellow in fall. Grows 10-20 ft. Fragrant light yellow flowers bloom in midsummer and make excellent bee forage. The small brown fruits, sometimes call Chinese Dates, are like a sweet crisp apple in green stage, and when dried have a flavor that resembles dates. The fruits are nutritious as well as delicious and full of vitamin C. The Jujube is one of the most widely grown fruits in China where they are highly esteemed. Trees are drought tolerant, hardy to –10 degrees and need a long growing season to produce fruit. Fruit ripens late summer fall. Need 2 for Pollination. Zones 6-10.
Unique small but very delicious sweet, crunchy and juicy fruit has very thin skin and is considered one of the best for fresh eating. Makes a good dried fruit too.. Considered the earliest ripening jujube it is one of the best choices for cooler coastal o
Partially self-fertile. The very sweet fruit (sugar level over 30%) is oval with a small pit and makes excellent fresh eating as well as dried. If you limit yourself to 1 jujube this is the one to have.
Originated from a planting in eastern Tennessee and reputed to be a very heavy producer of good quality fruit. Proven as a good variety for the southeastern warm and humid area of the US.Introduced by Hidden Springs Nursery in Cookeville, TN.
Extremely large fruit, considered the largest in the US. Fruit similar in quality to Li and is excellent for fresh eating or drying. From the Shangxi province in China.
