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After a long gestation period (8 years) two grafted ,different jujubes have fruited . Their names are lost (by the nursery that sold it to me) but to all of you lusting after jujubes ,lust no more. I harvested them brown and wrinkled and they are vaguely sweet and a little crunchy; no more, no less. As someone once explained "Some fruits are meant to be rare"
After a long gestation period (8 years) two grafted ,different jujubes have fruited . Their names are lost (by the nursery that sold it to me) but to all of you lusting after jujubes ,lust no more. I harvested them brown and wrinkled and they are vaguely sweet and a little crunchy; no more, no less. As someone once explained "Some fruits are meant to be rare"
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27th March 2009 9:48am
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Jantina says...
My experience is different kert, we bought some dried jujubes from Perrys Fuit and Nut nursery and they were sweet and delicious,tasting similar to a date. Is it possible that yours are the indian jujube which is inferior to the chinese? My jujube is 3 years old, about two and a half metres high and has fruit on it. It's true the seed is sharp (much like a date pip) and should not be given to children.
My experience is different kert, we bought some dried jujubes from Perrys Fuit and Nut nursery and they were sweet and delicious,tasting similar to a date. Is it possible that yours are the indian jujube which is inferior to the chinese? My jujube is 3 years old, about two and a half metres high and has fruit on it. It's true the seed is sharp (much like a date pip) and should not be given to children.
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27th March 2009 10:03pm
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Julie says...
Jantina, I had the same experience - sweet-tasting jujubes. But when I read the packet I found they had added sugar!Probably candied, as kert says. No wonder they were so nice.
I tried to buy seed, but the company (can't remember who) won't send jujube seed to WA. The ones in the Asian grocery had their seeds removed. I think they may be one of those 'forbidden fruits' in WA.
Jantina, I had the same experience - sweet-tasting jujubes. But when I read the packet I found they had added sugar!Probably candied, as kert says. No wonder they were so nice.
I tried to buy seed, but the company (can't remember who) won't send jujube seed to WA. The ones in the Asian grocery had their seeds removed. I think they may be one of those 'forbidden fruits' in WA.
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Adam says...
Sorry to hear that the fruit washed out. I have a Chico tree that is fruiting well, however I eat the fruit fresh, not dried. Flavour is like a tart apple with a rich caramel overlay. I got interested in the trees after eating the fresh fruit in southern Spain.
No all dried jujubes are candied (although many are) and there seems to be a huge amount of variation in the quality of fruit for eating fresh or drying. The best variety in this country appears to be "Li", which produced 2 inch fruit.
More information here:
http://www.texasgardener.com/pastissues/janfeb08/Jujube.html
Sorry to hear that the fruit washed out. I have a Chico tree that is fruiting well, however I eat the fruit fresh, not dried. Flavour is like a tart apple with a rich caramel overlay. I got interested in the trees after eating the fresh fruit in southern Spain.
No all dried jujubes are candied (although many are) and there seems to be a huge amount of variation in the quality of fruit for eating fresh or drying. The best variety in this country appears to be "Li", which produced 2 inch fruit.
More information here:
http://www.texasgardener.com/pastissues/janfeb08/Jujube.html
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Jantina says...
HI Peter, www.tass1trees.com.au Where are you from Peter? Tass1 told me several times he did not export out of W.A. but I persisted and in the end he said he would organize some for me through his supplier but that I had to go through him(while still saying he could not export) by that time I had got on to someone in the dept. of Ag. in W.A. and spoken directly to a grower who is happy to send me jujubes wholesale from W.A. So it still isn't clear to me whether tass1 is prepared to export to people out of W.A. or not. You can only give it a go.
HI Peter, www.tass1trees.com.au Where are you from Peter? Tass1 told me several times he did not export out of W.A. but I persisted and in the end he said he would organize some for me through his supplier but that I had to go through him(while still saying he could not export) by that time I had got on to someone in the dept. of Ag. in W.A. and spoken directly to a grower who is happy to send me jujubes wholesale from W.A. So it still isn't clear to me whether tass1 is prepared to export to people out of W.A. or not. You can only give it a go.
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Pauline says...
The only ones I have eaten jave been straight off the tree. Before they get wrinkled they taste a bit like a pear to me, I was not keen, but when they do wrinkly and dry they are very simluar to a date, yum. I don't remember what the seed were like, but I will pick some more soon and have a look.
The only ones I have eaten jave been straight off the tree. Before they get wrinkled they taste a bit like a pear to me, I was not keen, but when they do wrinkly and dry they are very simluar to a date, yum. I don't remember what the seed were like, but I will pick some more soon and have a look.
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abyssquick says...
I have a new cultivar vcalled "Thai Giant" it's an Indian type -very sweet, crispy large fruit on small prolific trees, also thornless. They grow in a fountain-like cascading of branches from the middle.
Highly recommend.
The Chinese jujubes are good, too but not as good as many of the Indian cultivars in my opinion. I have grown both, and in the tropics Indian for me is the way to go.
I have a new cultivar vcalled "Thai Giant" it's an Indian type -very sweet, crispy large fruit on small prolific trees, also thornless. They grow in a fountain-like cascading of branches from the middle.
Highly recommend.
The Chinese jujubes are good, too but not as good as many of the Indian cultivars in my opinion. I have grown both, and in the tropics Indian for me is the way to go.
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Anita says...
Hello !
I had traveled to India years back and had eaten a variety of jujube that was very small (size of pistachio), deep red in color (like a plum) and the flavor was a combination of sweet/tart. It was such a yummy little fruit!! The locals were calling it "Chani Bor" ! I am in search for botanical name for this particular plant and hopefully purchase a plant. Can someone please provide me more information about this little jujube fruit ??? Thanks in advance :)
TC :)
Hello !
I had traveled to India years back and had eaten a variety of jujube that was very small (size of pistachio), deep red in color (like a plum) and the flavor was a combination of sweet/tart. It was such a yummy little fruit!! The locals were calling it "Chani Bor" ! I am in search for botanical name for this particular plant and hopefully purchase a plant. Can someone please provide me more information about this little jujube fruit ??? Thanks in advance :)
TC :)
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JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says...
An update on JUJUBE (CHINESE DATE) GRAFTED AND BARE ROOTED TREES FOR SALE in Melbourne.
There are 3 varieties to choose from
Li: Large, round fruit
GA-866: An outstandingly sweet selection out of the Chico Research program. Large, elongated fruit.
Chico: Fruit is round but flattened on the bottom. Looks like small apples.
Excellent either fresh or dried.
They are rare but not tropical fruit trees so very suitable for Melbourne climate and fruit well in Victoria.
Available on order until August only.
For more information please contact jujubeforsale@yahoo.com.au
An update on JUJUBE (CHINESE DATE) GRAFTED AND BARE ROOTED TREES FOR SALE in Melbourne.
There are 3 varieties to choose from
Li: Large, round fruit
GA-866: An outstandingly sweet selection out of the Chico Research program. Large, elongated fruit.
Chico: Fruit is round but flattened on the bottom. Looks like small apples.
Excellent either fresh or dried.
They are rare but not tropical fruit trees so very suitable for Melbourne climate and fruit well in Victoria.
Available on order until August only.
For more information please contact jujubeforsale@yahoo.com.au
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JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says...
Hi Amanda,
The JUJUBE (RED CHINESE DATE) GRAFTED AND BARE ROOTED TREES FOR SALE in Melbourne is Ziziphus jujuba of Chinese variety. They are very sweet and rare species. their fruits are prized.
The one that is a weed that invades QLD, WA is the Indian Jujube or Chinee apple (Ziziphus mauritiana).
They look very similar but the taste is different.The weed one is not nice at all (small,very tangy, acidic, big seed too). no one is allowed to even remove the fruit or trees out of it location let alone selling it. Heavy penalty applies. Anyway, those weeds are too tropical to survive in Melbourne
Hi Amanda,
The JUJUBE (RED CHINESE DATE) GRAFTED AND BARE ROOTED TREES FOR SALE in Melbourne is Ziziphus jujuba of Chinese variety. They are very sweet and rare species. their fruits are prized.
The one that is a weed that invades QLD, WA is the Indian Jujube or Chinee apple (Ziziphus mauritiana).
They look very similar but the taste is different.The weed one is not nice at all (small,very tangy, acidic, big seed too). no one is allowed to even remove the fruit or trees out of it location let alone selling it. Heavy penalty applies. Anyway, those weeds are too tropical to survive in Melbourne
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JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says...
Hi Rich,
You only need one tree, they have very litle thorns or spines. You don't need to prune, it does prune itself. Mine are 8 years old and I have never pruned them.
As the growing season commences, each node of a woody branch produces one to ten fruiting branchlets. Most of these are deciduous, falling from the plant in autumn.
BTW, They are fairly dwarfing in habit.
I hope this helps.
Hi Rich,
You only need one tree, they have very litle thorns or spines. You don't need to prune, it does prune itself. Mine are 8 years old and I have never pruned them.
As the growing season commences, each node of a woody branch produces one to ten fruiting branchlets. Most of these are deciduous, falling from the plant in autumn.
BTW, They are fairly dwarfing in habit.
I hope this helps.
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JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says...
Hi Rich,
They do fruit well in melbourne, WA, SA for sure. I think They fruit well in NSW too as long as not tropical like Cairns and Far north where Indian one is more suitable because the fruiting season is also moonsoon season so fruits can be hard to ripe or split.
Mine are 8 year old and I have had only one small sucker so far and very weak litle one.
Hi Rich,
They do fruit well in melbourne, WA, SA for sure. I think They fruit well in NSW too as long as not tropical like Cairns and Far north where Indian one is more suitable because the fruiting season is also moonsoon season so fruits can be hard to ripe or split.
Mine are 8 year old and I have had only one small sucker so far and very weak litle one.
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Hi Ellen,
Some trees producing baby plants (called suckers) on the ground surrounding the trunk or canopy of the tree. Very common on plum or persimon trees.
They are born from the roots under neath the ground. Normally, you just remove them because they are below the grafted point so if they ever produce fruit, those fruits are no good (little fresh and big stone).
The only way suckers are useful is to use as root stock and graft a named variety to it (it takes 4 years for the whole process & only 15% successful rate, that is why they are not cheap and rare to find because I guess not many nurseries are willing or bother to do it). Yours was done that way.
However, there is a catch that unless it is a very strong sucker there is no point in grafting to a weak sucker because it is going to produce a tree that not doing or fruit well.
I have never had sucker problem BTW.
Here is the picture I took two year ago at Spring time.
BTW, Dr Glowinski said in his book that jujube/Chinese date should fruit well in Canberra too.
Jujube tree is the one in the big pot which has young budding shoots
Hi Ellen,
Some trees producing baby plants (called suckers) on the ground surrounding the trunk or canopy of the tree. Very common on plum or persimon trees.
They are born from the roots under neath the ground. Normally, you just remove them because they are below the grafted point so if they ever produce fruit, those fruits are no good (little fresh and big stone).
The only way suckers are useful is to use as root stock and graft a named variety to it (it takes 4 years for the whole process & only 15% successful rate, that is why they are not cheap and rare to find because I guess not many nurseries are willing or bother to do it). Yours was done that way.
However, there is a catch that unless it is a very strong sucker there is no point in grafting to a weak sucker because it is going to produce a tree that not doing or fruit well.
I have never had sucker problem BTW.
Here is the picture I took two year ago at Spring time.
BTW, Dr Glowinski said in his book that jujube/Chinese date should fruit well in Canberra too.
Jujube tree is the one in the big pot which has young budding shoots
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JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says...
Hi Ellen,
They are fairly dwarfing in habit in some ways and the picture was taken 2 years ago. It has grown a bit bigger now. I would say it would be 2.5 or 3 meters depending on what you give to the tree i.e dynamic lifter.
Since mine is in the pot so I prefer that size, much easy to pick fruits. And also mine started to have lots of fruits in the first year (I did not remove any fruits) so all energy diverted to fruits, not growing.
BTW, I did cut the top of the tree about 2 years ago to try to multiply more trees using cutting hormone for my siblings because I could not buy any but it did not work. I gave up and decided to search for suppliers to buy jujube trees instead.
Hi Ellen,
They are fairly dwarfing in habit in some ways and the picture was taken 2 years ago. It has grown a bit bigger now. I would say it would be 2.5 or 3 meters depending on what you give to the tree i.e dynamic lifter.
Since mine is in the pot so I prefer that size, much easy to pick fruits. And also mine started to have lots of fruits in the first year (I did not remove any fruits) so all energy diverted to fruits, not growing.
BTW, I did cut the top of the tree about 2 years ago to try to multiply more trees using cutting hormone for my siblings because I could not buy any but it did not work. I gave up and decided to search for suppliers to buy jujube trees instead.
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