Thanks for the nice report. Which one on the list that dry well for you?

Tony

Also, I thought Lang was a larger fruit and used primarily as dried.

Yes a lot of literature says Lang is large. Sam Powers in Houston says it's the largest of all Jujubes, he has a Hugh collection. Mine are 1.5 inches long, same as in the edible landscape and le cooke pictures. Sometimes I wonder if there are 2 varieties of Lang being sold.

When does it ripen in relation to So? My Contorted So have been ripening over the last 1.5 weeks, so it would be nice to know if WD would ripen before frosts (usually around the end of Oct).

In my first harvest, the So are pretty good. They've been in the 22-25 brix range and might get higher if I left them longer (I haven't let one get completely brown yet, just 80%). While they aren't strongly flavored, they are pretty tasty and I can see myself eating a bowl of them. I've found that they are partially freestone as well, since everyone in the family sometimes demands a sample. It's almost comical to quarter a fruit which is a third the size of an apricot.

Thanks for the great report! We agree on Honey Jar and Sugar Cane, those are my favorites. I don't have Winter Delight or Autumn Beauty. Sihong is also excellent for me. I get little fruit though, not sure why but my trees may be too closely planted.

Scott

Thanks for the info! If you are willing to share some scionwood, I am definitely interested and willing to send some in the other direction. I tried to send you an email, but it doesn't look like the site is working (see below screenshot).

Edit: We've since connected on email without using Gardenweb, but I'll leave the pic up in case anyone else is having the same problem.

fwi when I was in Beijing last year I had jujube's at 2 places; they were the size of Sugar Cane; I didn't see any Li size jujubees

I the Redlands in your report Redlands #4? I just grafted a Redlands #5 scion to one of my fielded Tigertooth to try another variety this spring.

I read tigertooth does well in Florida, so maybe it needs more heat than you have in zone 7. Or perhaps tigertooth is a jujube that needs a pollinator, do you gave another variety also? It's certainly a prolithic producer here. Fwiw my soil ph is 7.8

Bob

I think it has something to do with my soil or rain. Tigertooth is clearly self fertile. The ones I started from rootcuttings are growing in the same general environment (heat, sun, etc.) as the trees in the field the rootcuttings came from. The only real difference is the ones growing on my deck in rootbuilder II pots are being air pruned, growing in a medium, and get water whenever needed. My trees in the field don't get supplemental water and are growing in heavy clay soil. They are only 8'-10' tall. I chatted with a university professor who specializes in Jujube and his thought was the field trees were simply not mature enough to fruit. He thought the fact that my containerized trees were root constricted was what forced them from a vegetative state to a fruiting state early.

I'm impressed seeing your trees fruiting in 2 years.

Thanks for the report!

I just emailed Cliff England about getting Winter Delight and he said: "with the weather events of last winter we lost many grafted trees and many other trees in the Orchard so it will be a awhile before we have Winter delight or Autumn Beauty"

Guess I'll have to wait:(

I have been trying to have success with Shanxi Li, I think I'll focus on Sugar Cane and Honey Jar for now.

I am interested in these two varieties.

When you have some wood, please PM me.