Whats your thoughts on Lang , .GA 866 , Contorted Jujube.
I know I am getting again Honey Jar.
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Naeem maybe they are still alive. Just day or two ago I saw that one jujube seedling, which was completely dry in spring, is growing from roots again. After all you can cut one root branch to see if there any life in it and be sure.
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Seedlings are different than the mother.
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For me, Lang is one of the worst tasting jujubes. Itās supposed to be for drying not fresh eating but I find it to be forgettable either way. Contorted also has forgettable fruit. GA866 has very good fruit at its peak but for me itās often not at its peak.
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So what are your favorites one, I like fresh eating and sweet.
Naeem,
Keep in mind climate and soil also influences the taste of fruit. East coast and west coast where Castanea is are quite different,
In addition, taste is subjective. What one likes could be quite different from what you like. There are plenty of people who like G866 and So/Contorted.
Feedback from people living in the east coast could be more applicable to your situation.
Also, you need to take into consideration ripening time of each variety. It will do you no good if the best tasting one you want cannot ripen in time for you.
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Iām very intrigued looking into this event. Iām going to make it a point to attend one year.
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Please tell me that āSweet Tartā is coming to the Ozarks with you.
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Ripening time can be really different too I think. We are behind this year from last year on my jujubes. This time last year I was eating the last of my Honey Jars. This year it looks as if Chico and So/Contorted will ripen before HJ does. More info later. Maybe itās just HJ that is really late and I donāt know why really. Maybe Iām just getting impatient!!!
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It is not coming to MIssouri. The fruit matures late October through early December in zone 9. I donāt think it would mature in zone 6 at all.
Keep in mind that jujube fruit matures differently in different climates and flavors seem to express themselves differently in different climates as well. I have a hot dry growing season with occasional cool nights. For me, Autumn Delight, Black Sea, Chico and Orange Beauty are all excellent. Sihong is sometimes excellent. Sherwood is very good. Dae sol Jo is very good. Porterville is very good. Sugar Cane and Shanxi Li are very good. Coco is very good. Massandra is very good. Jin/Chang is forgettable. Globe is tasteless. Polenski is similar to Lang but better.
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Weāre really thinking the same here. This is actually one of my big goals for the future - to make jujube fruit available in SW Missouri. Springfield has a couple of very nice markets and Webb City has a great one as well. Iām working on it but it just takes time. I have close to 200 trees in the ground but many are 1st or 2nd year only. Iād like to keep adding new cultivars but selection seems difficult. The dozen Iām focusing on now weāre recommendations from Englandāsā¦ thanks to Cliff.
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Cliff is a great help.
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A beautiful site!!!
Kathy,
I have 3 suckers?. The 2 tiny ones I am not sure if they are suckers or seedlings because I also planted seeds under the trees (eating juj7bes under the trees and buried the seeds underneath them 
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This larger must be a sucker. It is growing outside the raised bed!!!
I probably missed it last year among my strawberry plants. It is over a foot tall now and flowers. I have pollinated the flowers with other varieties. I hope it set fruit.
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Thatās cool! I have about 4-5 small suckers under my trees. My Li throws suckers all the time but they usually get mowed down. Our lawn mower was in the shop for a week so I have them marked now. That one is actually far enough away to get to it easily for moving it when it is time.
Itās actually a nice looking sucker with large leaves. I hope it fruits too!
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When I reread this it sounded as if I was talking about the sucker under my tree but I was talking about yours! Just for clarification.
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My Li is flowering now. I donāt know if will set fruit yet. Any recommendations for early fruiting Jujubes for the east cost?
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I am in zone 6a, sometimes 5b.
Honey Jar, Sugar Cane, Shanxi Li have all ripened starting in Sept in that order.
So and Massandra ripened in time, too, but they are new trees. Timing may be off.
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