well am confused too, because if jin-chang was another cultivar, then it equates to three cultivars with bridged names. And looking at that picture, it is clearly not the chang we have, and not the jin we have.
so there is 1)jin, 2)chang, and then 3) jin-chang, lol
Iâve been looking at photos lately and one reason I posted here because of the mismatch. Itâs kinda strange to look at tooâŚhas always looked âheavyâ. Dark green. And now it has this âspeckledâ ripening pattern with a dark yellow base that is so different from my other cultivars. So, yes I will. Do I need to pick the split one? Do they spoil when split?
found my invoice and it says âjin changâ, so not really sure which is what, lol
but at the end of day, what really matters is that what youâve received is a good quality cultivar.
names shouldnât really matter much anyway-- if you remember the lyrics to that song âoh what a nightâ
Roger Meyer and most California jujube enthusiasts call it Jin. Papaya Tree Nursery calls it Chang. To avoid confusion some people call it Jin Chang. Unfortunately that has just created more confusion. Itâs just one cultivar and despite the size of the fruit and the very erect growth pattern, not a memorable one. It just doesnât have enough sweetness or flavor.
I did pull the split one and taste it. It was basically not ripe yet. It wasnât badâŚsome sweetness but a little dry. Will be interesting to taste it ripe. There were only three fruits on the first year tree. They are all very definitely quite pear shaped though. I know there can be some variance in shape.
Thanks for the infoâŚthat is a very tall columnar tree!
Thatâs actually kinda the problem - they always taste as if they are not quite ripe. And theyâre always dry⌠Itâs a shame though, because itâs a pretty tree and a pretty fruit. Maybe a third of my fruit are a little pear shaped but mostly not. Hereâs a typical fruit from my tree-
yours is basically the same shape and coloration of our chang fruits, @castanea
was intrigued @k8tpayaso 's is somewhat pear-shaped and ripening with a brownish hue instead of reddish, and too speckled. May just be climate-related, but admittedly my curiosity is killing me, lol
About a third of mine are pear shaped. Jujube coloration does not always seem to be accurately represented in photos. Photos taken under low light conditions make colors look a bit different than those taken under brighter conditions. And people seem to have conflicting opinions as to what is red and what is brown. Jujubes tend to walk the line between reds and browns and some people see brown more than red while others see red more than brown. I donât know what causes speckling but I assume itâs environmental. Autumn Beauty rarely speckles for me but this year many are speckling.
i agree. And the type of camera sensor also affects color. Typical CMOS cameras seem to make browns out of reds, while ccdâs tend to go the other way.
Do you experience browning and drop fruit on your jujubes? It seems to me, Shanxi Li dropped a lot. Lately, Iâve seen fruit turned brown and dropped on HJ and Sugar Cane, too.
We had plenty of rain from late July through almost all month of August. I donât think itâs a drought. Just wonder what cause the browning and dropping.