YUM!!!!

[mdehners]

So, today I was able to taste my 1st fresh Jujube. It wasn't fully ripe(fully reddish brown) but a bird had tested it and I didn't want to waste it. Think Apple brushed with Honey; crisp flesh though dry.
I'm growing the 'Soo' Jujube, which is a semi-dwarf cultivar. It is it's 2nd yr, 4' tall with shiny Green leaves on slightly weeping branches. Quite lovely....
Cheers,
Pat

Comments

[lilacsigil]

Wow, I had no idea they were an actual fruit! I only knew about the candy named after them!

(And after reading the wiki entry I've even eaten them, but I only knew the Japanese name!)

[mdehners]

I'd only eaten the dried form before but the trees were offered by a local mail order nursery and their comments about the fresh fruit made me a sucker for it;>! And considering that 'Soo' is a cultivar where it's size is it's primary selling point I wonder how good 'Sugarcane' or Honey Jar' are......
Cheers,
Pat